# Your Need for Approval Is Killing Your Income

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Podcast: [Home Business Profits with Ray Higdon](https://stenobird.com/podcast/home-business-profits-with-ray-higdon-1436279)
Published: 2026-08-25T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

You can protect your image or grow your income. Rarely both. Ray pulls no punches in this episode, calling out one of the biggest silent killers of sales success: the need for approval. If you're holding back from reaching out, posting content, or making the ask because you're worried about what people think, that fear is costing you real money. Ray shares from his own journey — including the real estate folks who laughed at him when he moved into direct sales, and then later asked if he was hiring. This episode is a gut check on fixed versus growth mindset, and why the path to mastery has nothing to do with natural talent. Ray admits he was terrible at public speaking, video, and sales when he started. He kept going anyway. Now people call him a natural. The truth is, nobody sees the reps behind the results. Whether it's closing, networking, or marketing, you can get better at all of it — but only if you stop letting people who have nothing to do with paying your bills determine how far you go. Show up, do the work, and stop waiting for the applause that may never come. 👉 HigdonGroup.com/Book 👉 Network Marketers for Jesus 👉 HigdonGroup.com/Channel 👉 BrotherUp.com Ray Higdon is a bestselling author of several books, a renowned inspirational speaker, earner of multiple seven figures in a multi-million dollar home-based business, and founder of the Higdon Group, a Fortune 5000 company, where he's helped clients generate over 500,000 new customers through his proven coaching programs (https://rayhigdoncoaching.com). Ray helps sales leaders create teams that perform without draining them. Partner with Ray: ★ Become A Rank Maker: https://rankmakers.com ★ Apply for Coaching: https://higdongroup.com/coaching ★ Invite to Speak: https://higdongroup.com/speaking ★ Order his Book…

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