Are these Mindsets Holding You Back from Achieving Blogging Success?

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How's your blogging week been?

Today's article is about something that is more important than which blog platform you choose, your blog’s design, or how many posts you make a day.

Today, I want to talk about mindset, because the story you tell yourself can be the biggest limiting factor, not just in the success of your blog, but in every aspect of your life.

“Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you’re doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they’re hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.”

- Seth Godin

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The biggest mistakes I see bloggers making are usually things that are going on in their minds, rather than on their blogs. There are two very common mindsets that I see in many bloggers (and prebloggers), and which I think hold them back...

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