Why Your Negative Self-Talk Is Killing Your Business (And How to Fix It)

You're probably sabotaging your success without realizing it.

Every time you think "I'm so far behind" or "I should have started earlier," you're reinforcing the exact patterns keeping you stuck. Your habitual thoughts are not passive observations. They're actively shaping your reality, your energy, and the opportunities you can see.

This episode breaks down how to catch those destructive thought patterns and rewire them before they wreck everything you're building.

In This Episode

• How to identify the habitual thoughts that are sabotaging your success
• Why public confidence without private belief never works long-term
• The daily reset practice that rewires negative thought patterns in minutes
• How to surround yourself with people who lift you up instead of drain you

This Episode Is For You If You

• Catches yourself thinking "I'm not smart enough" or "I'm behind everyone else"
• Puts on a confident face publicly but struggles with self-doubt privately
• Wants to break the cycle of negative self-talk that's holding you back
• Needs a practical system to change your mindset without endless therapy

Resources Mentioned

• Daily Stoic Podcast by Ryan Holiday
• Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

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About #MeetCoolPeople

#MeetCoolPeople is where founders, creators, and entrepreneurs get real about the mindset shifts that separate people who talk about success from people who build it. Hosted by Ely Delaney, each episode cuts through the noise to deliver practical insights you can apply immediately. If you're tired of surface-level advice and want to hear from people doing the actual work, this is your show.

The Copywriter Who Refuses to Sound Like a Robot

You just paid someone to write your social media content. It's polished. It's professional. It sounds like every other business page on the internet.

Problem is, it sounds nothing like you. Your audience can tell. They scroll past because there's no soul behind the words. You're posting consistently, checking that box, but nobody's converting. You've got content that could belong to anyone, which means it connects with no one.

Sarah Chan built a six-figure copywriting business in her 20s by refusing to let clients sound like ChatGPT. After getting fired and joining Andrew Tate's The Real World program for $50 a month, she learned the frameworks and psychology that actually converts. But the real skill wasn't in templates. It was making copy sound human.

What You'll Learn

• Why joining a $50/month program after getting fired became the best business decision Sarah ever made
• Why copying ChatGPT output and posting it kills conversions before you realize the problem
• How Sarah built a six-figure business learning frameworks, buyer psychology, and revision in a tight community
• Why transitioning from AI content to authentic voice requires deleting everything and starting over
• Why authority issues and remote work dreams led Sarah to entrepreneurship
• How growing up in a broken home and surviving false accusations built the mental fortitude behind Unbreakable podcast
• Why Sarah turns away podcast guests who think age or success alone qualifies them

Key Insights

Most business owners either outsource to someone who doesn't understand their voice, or copy-paste ChatGPT and wonder why nobody engages.

AI can write decent sentences. But it strips out everything that makes you different. Sarah's approach centers on learning technical frameworks and buyer psychology, then layering in the human element that makes people stop scrolling.

Her business grew because she refused to let clients sound like everyone else. She pushes back. She tells people to delete years of content if it doesn't align. She turns away business when values don't match. That's protecting what copy is supposed to do: convert by sounding like an actual human wrote it.

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Connect with Sarah Chan:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-chan-35a2a2187/

Email: sarah@srqcopy.com

Phone/WhatsApp: 941-405-9746

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From Events to Assets: How to Turn Your Voice Into a Business

You book the gig. You show up. You deliver your talk. People clap. Maybe a few grab your business card. And then... crickets.

No leads. No follow-up. No clients. Just another speaking gig that looked good on LinkedIn but didn't do much for your business.

Most speakers treat stages like one-off performances instead of business assets. They chase free gigs for "exposure." They say yes to anything with a microphone. And they're not building systems to turn stage time into revenue.

Toni Caruso has spent over 30 years in live events and media. After years of helping entrepreneurs build speaking businesses that actually pay, she’s the Executive Director of the Ewomen Speakers Network, where she teaches what most speaker coaches skip: how to make money doing this.

In this conversation, Toni and I dig into turning speaking from a hobby into something that drives your business forward. We talk about picking the right stages, building genuine relationships, and why saying no to the wrong opportunities matters more than saying yes to everything.

Episode Overview

If you've been thinking about using speaking to grow your business but have no idea where to start, this episode is for you.

Toni shares her story of relocating from California to Texas and building a speaking community from scratch. We talk about what separates speakers who get paid from speakers who get ghosted. And she breaks down how to use stages to create real business growth instead of just racking up speaking credits that go nowhere.

What You'll Learn in This Episode

• Why most speakers fail to turn speaking into business (and what to do instead)
• How to build genuine relationships without being transactional
• The difference between exposure gigs and revenue-generating opportunities
• Why saying no to the wrong stages is more valuable than saying yes to everything

Key Insights & Takeaways

Speaking is only a business asset if you treat it like one.

Too many entrepreneurs say yes to every opportunity. They take free gigs that go nowhere. They speak at events that don't align with their ideal clients.

The speakers who succeed get strategic. They pick stages where their buyers actually are. They build systems to follow up with people who hear them speak. They say no to opportunities that don't fit their business model.

They treat relationships as the real currency, not just stage time.

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Connect with Toni Caruso: Learn more about Toni and her upcoming workshops at ToniCaruso.com

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About the Podcast

#MeetCoolPeople is where founders, creators, and entrepreneurs share the real stories behind building businesses that matter. Hosted by Ely Delaney, each episode goes beyond surface-level advice to uncover the mindset shifts, failures, and frameworks that separate people who talk about success from people who build it. If you're tired of theory and want practical insights from people doing the work, this is your show.