There's a trick your brain is playing on you to keep you stuck right where you are,

no matter how badly you want that next level of growth in your photography business.

The crazy thing about this trick is that you don't even realize it's happening.

It's your brain's way of trying to protect you, but it's really holding you back.

But listen, if you find yourself consumed with thoughts of,

but what if this happens or what if that doesn't turn out the way I expected?

Listen up because today I've got five things to do to get yourself out of this habit and

feeling confident like you have never before. And nine magic words to say if a client

stumps you with a question you don't know how to answer.

So the real question is how are portrait photographers like us able to run a profitable

business and still put our families first without selling digital files for cheap and working

all the time. I'm Sarah Petty your host of the Worth Every Penny Joycast and I went from a

stressed out overworked Mama with three babies to being named one of America's most profitable

photographers without working my kids lives away. Each week I'll show you how to find and serve

antique portrait photography clients in a world where we compete with free thanks to everyone

having a digital camera in their pocket. Take the first step to adding more joy and profit to your

life by downloading your free photography business tools at joyofmarketing.com forward slash podcast.

I'd never really thought about it before but after doing a live session for my students at

summer camp this summer in Nashville it was so obvious. This sneaky what ifs were locking so

many people up and keeping them from moving forward. My guess is that you might be getting stuck

here too. Here's what it looked like for my students. We had gone through this session in the

morning we built the presentation and then I gave the presentation to my client in front of

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