Everything begins with a thought… Thoughts inform our actions, and our actions dictate the results we get in business and in life. Therefore, having the right mindset is crucial to success. Limiting beliefs inspire us to take a negative view of our circumstances and thereby take actions that predict a negative outcome. Limiting beliefs doom us to failure… so never tolerate them. If you are plagued by negativity, it’s time to change the way you think to give yourself the best opportunity for success. Here are a few common limiting beliefs and my tips on how to combat and reverse them.
“The market’s really bad at the moment”
Probably the most common limiting belief in business is that tough economic circumstances make success impossible. However, challenging times offer the best opportunities. Why? Because businesses must evolve to meet customer demand; this is the essence of providing great solutions. Opportunities lie in change – it’s all about making your offering the best in the market by addressing client pain points, easing their concerns, and solving their problems rapidly and cost-efficiently.
“There’s too much competition out there”
While it is true that no business operates in a vacuum, a typical thought that constantly limits business potential is that the market is too crowded with competitors, making it difficult to stand out. But the reality is, you can distinguish yourself from any competition if you make your offering unique. It’s actually a great thing to have competitors; use it as a challenge to outperform them. Examine ways to improve the quality and efficiency of your products or solutions to distinguish them from that of any of your rivals. You’ll never become a true industry leader without embracing the opportunities that competition brings.
“It simply cannot be done”
Finally, the most damaging thing you can say to yourself, as well as the last thing a true entrepreneur would ever utter! Everything that is being done today was once considered something that couldn’t be done – transatlantic flight, space travel, flying cars, the list is endless! When you have passion and purpose there is no such thing as impossible.
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Mitch Launius
Instructor Pilot for 30 West IP
Mitch is the CEO of 30 West IP where he is also an instructor providing pilot training on international procedures. With an illustrious career of over 34 years in the cockpit, Mitch has acquired over 13,000 hours of flight time flying worldwide, with over 9,000 hours of this in Challenger and Gulfstream aircraft. He is an experienced safety officer and was also an IS-BAO project manager for a fortune 500 flight department. He has presented on Safety and Operations topics at the NBAA International Operators Conference and the Canadian Business Aviation Association Convention and is currently on the NBAA International Operators Committee and serves as the North Atlantic Regional Lead. Mitch is also a member of an FAA working group on General Aviation International Authorizations and Tabletop Exercises (GIATE). He was recently selected to represent IBAC as a member of the ICAO Personal Training and Licensing Panel (PTLP) and was also recently named as a 2020 recipient of the NBAA Tony Kern Professionalism in Aviation Award for his contribution to the business aviation community.
Henry ‘Duke’ LeDuc
Director Of Operations, Americas, UAS International Trip Support
Duke has been a dearly respected member of UAS Americas team and the UAS global family for more than five years. A safety-oriented, FAA-licensed aircraft dispatcher, he oversees all of the operations of the elite UAS Operations Team. With twenty-five years of experience in aviation overall with more than fifteen years of experience in international flight planning and VVIP trip coordination, he is responsible for the development of the dispatch training program and involved in the strategic development of UAS Americas. With a myriad of rich aviation experience behind him, he has extensive experience in worldwide operations with both corporate and charter environments, including seven years as Operations/Dispatch Manager in an industry-leading, Fortune 500, IS-BAO Stage III Certified corporate flight department. Duke is frequently asked shares his knowledge at major industry events and is currently serving on the NBAA’s International Operators Conference (IOC) Planning Committee.
Dudley King
President and Founder, FlightBridge
Dudley is the Founder and President of FlightBridge, which he established in 2011 and has been focused on technology solutions for the private aviation industry since 2006. Since he graduated from Dartmouth in 1988, he has worked with an array of companies listed anywhere from VentureWire to the Fortune 100. A rare blend of executive, entrepreneur, and consultant, Dudley’s executive roles have included acting CIO positions for several companies and tech advisory services to CEOs trying to rebuild their technology organizations or looking for an external, professional point of view. Highly skilled at deeply understanding his customer’s business challenges and drawing from a long and varied experience in information technology services, Dudley excels at designing technology solutions to solve their problems.
Dr. Paulo Alves
Global Medical Director, Aviation Health, Medaire
Paulo has extensive experience in medical advisory in the aviation industry. As a cardiologist, he provides technical guidance and analysis for MedAire’s MedLink medical advisory service and is MedAire’s liaison with civil aviation regulators and industry associations. Paulo worked with Varig Brazilian Airlines for 23 years, 10 of which were spent as General Medical Manager. A member of the MedAire Medical Advisory Board, Paulo is also President of the Ibero-American Aerospace Medical Association, a member of the International Academy of Aerospace Medicine, a member of the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) Safety Committee, a Fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), and a Fellow of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. Throughout his illustrious career, Paulo has held industry leadership roles including Chairperson of the AsMA’s Air Transport Medicine Committee, President of the Airlines Medical Directors Association, President of the Brazilian Society of Aerospace Medicine and was a member of the IATA Medical Advisory Group from 2002 to 2006.
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