Have you ever:
• Felt intimidated by a woman more successful than you?
• Turned your intimidation into a reason to avoid her?
• Conjured up flaws she must have to make you feel better?
• Decided you couldn’t tolerate her but you didn’t know why?
• Or, all of the above?

We don't necessarily hate highly successful men because many of us expect men will sometimes be more successful. It feels like the world is set up that way. But when it comes to another woman who’s achieved success - watch out!

As part of a new venture, my business partner Stacey Hall and I, occasionally conduct free teleclasses introducing people to MasterMinding and showing them how it works. More importantly we show them how it can help improve their business and change their lives for the better.

After a recent introductory teleclass, I got an email from a woman who attended. I’ll call her "Debbie." She said, she'd love to join a MasterMinding group, but wouldn’t want to be on a weekly call with one particular person. I was stunned.

The person Debbie was referring to was a woman who contributed to the conversation appropriately. There was nothing off-putting, offensive or rude in what she said. However, it was obvious she’s been quite successful.

I asked Debbie to explain. She replied, "That woman purposely made everyone else on the teleclass feel ‘bad’." I could feel the hurt and bitterness in her words. "I’ve worked very hard in my life only to get screwed over and over again," she continued. In Debbie’s mind, any woman doing better than her is purposefully out to make her feel bad and take advantage of her. She was extremely intimidated and put off by the other woman’s success. I felt sad for her - because her "lack mindset" and belief will surely hold her back no matter how hard she works at her business.

She clearly has challenges with her self esteem and confidence level – something MasterMinding has helped countless people overcome.

If you believe anyone successful views themselves as "better than you" – you’re putting yourself in a lower position. They didn’t do it – you did.

Additionally, it will be far more difficult for you to be successful. Why? Because deep in your mind you may believe all women who succeed only want to make others feel bad and take advantage of them. Of course, if you’re a nice person, a person of integrity, a person who cares you’d never do that. You’ve just created the scenario where you’ve blocked yourself from becoming a successful woman. Your negative beliefs about the women you connect with who are successful effectively block you from achieving success yourself.

Have you ever put down another person and the only REAL reason was because they were more successful and it made you feel uncomfortable or jealous? Doing that, even in your mind, assures you will never enjoy success.

Imagine if instead Debbie said to herself, "Y’know, it might be a little challenging at first being in a MasterMinding group with a woman more successful than me. She might live in a bigger house, or travel to enticing places and make bigger business deals. But maybe being around someone who’s achieved more than I have can help me learn and grow."

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