204: 4 Thought Patterns That Can Skew Your Perception About Your Business
What are you making the facts about your business mean?
When you look back on what happened in your business over the last year, you create stories around the goals, aspirations, or milestones you hit or missed, but you might not understand how your perception of things can sometimes mislead you. By recognizing specific patterns, you can make balanced decisions, foster resilience, and drive business with clarity and confidence.
In this episode of She Thinks Big, you’ll learn about four common thinking patterns that can skew your perspective, preventing you from seeing the full picture and adjusting your lens to reality. I’ll also give examples to illustrate each that you might find all too familiar as a female business owner.
What’s Covered in This Episode on Thought Patterns That Skew Your Perception
3:56 - How you might let biased thinking affect what you see
5:40 - How you might make mountains out of molehills and emotionally distort things
7:40 - How you might overgeneralize and take things personally
9:21 - How black-and-white thinking and stories you tell yourself can skew your view
Mentioned In 4 Thought Patterns That Can Skew Your Perception About Your Business
She Thinks Big by Andrea Liebross
Quotes from the Episode
“Is your story about facts useful? We can make facts mean so many different things.” - Andrea Liebross
“Every business owner needs to master understanding how our perceptions can sometimes mislead us.” - Andrea Liebross
“Recognize and challenge your storytelling abilities, challenge your thoughts, give yourself some different options, and make some different decisions.” - Andrea Liebross
“Let’s only read the books that help us move forward. Let’s throw the other ones away, donate them to Goodwill, or put them back on the shelf.” - Andrea Liebross
Links to other episodes
25: How to Decide Whether to Figure It Out or Farm It Out with Krista Smith
28: How to Learn to Delegate Effectively
33: How an Online Business Manager Can Help You Get Your Freedom Back with Lynda Carlini
90: How to Switch From Stuck Stress to Productive Stress Mode
202: How to Onboard New Hires & Address or Fire Problematic Ones with Cherie Ihnen
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