70. Are You the Whinger or the Go-Getter?

January 31, 2025

In this thought-provoking episode of OT Yourself to Freedom, Beki Eakins, Business Mindset and Lifestyle Coach for Occupational Therapists, challenges listeners to evaluate their approach to life and business. Are you the "whinger," obsessing over problems and getting stuck in analysis paralysis? Or are you the "go-getter," embracing challenges with energy, creativity, and action?

Beki dives deep into the mindset differences, the impact these attitudes have on success, and how self-sabotage can hold you back. This episode offers actionable strategies to shift from a problem-focused mindset to one that thrives on taking imperfect action, moving the needle in your business and life.

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Key Takeaways:

Recognise the mindset: Understand the traits of the whinger and go-getter and identify where you currently fall.
Take imperfect action: Progress happens when you act, even if it’s not perfect.
Reframe challenges: See obstacles as opportunities for creativity and growth.
Surround yourself with positive energy: Be intentional about who influences your mindset.
Celebrate every step: Small wins build momentum and confidence.

Main Topic:

[00:00] Introduction: Meet Beki Eakins and the concept of "whinger vs. go-getter"

[01:00] The whinger mindset: Stagnation, self-sabotage, and barriers to success

[04:30] The go-getter mindset: Energised problem-solving and imperfect action

[07:00] How professional systems can condition OTs to overanalyse

[11:00] Real-world examples of go-getters who made the impossible possible

[15:00] Shadow work: Overcoming the saboteur and victim archetypes

[18:00] The power of surrounding yourself with doers and creators

[21:00] Practical tips to shift from whinger to go-getter mode

[22:30] Visualising success and celebrating small wins

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About the Podcast

OT Yourself To Freedom Podcast helps occupational therapists create a life and business they love. Host Beki Eakins shares practical tips, strategies, and real-world stories to inspire your journey to freedom.

Episode Transcript

Are you the winger or the go-getter?

[00:00:00]
Hi, I'm Beki Eakins, Business Mindset and Lifestyle Coach for Occupational Therapists. I focus on creating a freedom-based online business, helping OTs to package up their skills in unique and exciting offers that feel so good that they sell with ease in the online space. Since leaving the profession of OT, I have now worked with hundreds of clients online, helping them to create a life they feel inspired by.

[00:00:35]
In this podcast, I will talk about the lifestyle goals, mindset, and strategy you need to create your own life of freedom. Hello and welcome to OT Yourself to Freedom podcast. So today we're going to dive into a topic that might ruffle a few feathers, um, but it's absolutely critical for your success. I want to challenge you to reflect today. Are you an action taker? Or do you dwell and obsess over your problems? So, as I like to call it, are you a go-getter or are you a whinger? The whinger being the one who obsesses over problems.

[00:01:25]
In this episode, we are going to explore the key differences really between the two approaches to life and to work. And, um, between the go-getter and the whinger, um, we're going to look at how that can really affect your mindset, how it can affect your success, and how you can actually self-sabotage. So self-sabotage is really common with this.

[00:02:00]
If you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, you're not taking action, or you're just getting started but you're not actually doing anything, then this episode is for you. And the reason I speak about it is because this is so common. Very often when we're talking to people at the start of their business, they've put so many barriers up to their own success, and it's no wonder people tie themselves up in knots.

[00:02:35]
They get frozen, and they're not doing the things they need to do to move the needle. In actual fact, what I've noticed is that virtually everyone has this default to make business harder, which is why I keep speaking into it. I think as a manifester in human design, I'm definitely programmed to find the easiest route for everything. And so I keep hunting them out, and the more I hunt them out, the more I realize that it's so common for people to have this natural ability to think, "Oh, I'm going to do this and that and the other," and they're always going down the hard route.

[00:03:25]
So let's break this down first. The whinger, the person who dwells on problems, has an energy that's heavy, tangled, and stagnant. They see obstacles basically everywhere. When faced with a challenge, they'll focus on why it can't work and list reason after reason that it's too hard to figure out. You'll hear people saying, "I'm trapped, I'm stuck, I can't do this because of that, and I can't do that because of this," and they get themselves in a tangle.

[00:04:05]
On the flip side, the go-getter sees challenges as puzzles to solve. They're energized by every opportunity to test, try, and tweak. If we use an example of social media, this is really common at the start of the business. The whinger will have this big list of internal thoughts and fears: "What will my people think of me? What if my family sees this? Do I need the perfect logo or the right app?"

[00:04:50]
Actually, I'll go as far as saying everybody will think about these things. So it's the amount of time that you spend dwelling on them that makes the difference between the whinger and the go-getter. Before they know it, a whinger will have spent months analyzing minute details—agonizing over Instagram layouts, wondering what will happen if someone wants to buy from them—and will either not take action or take agonizingly slow actions.

[00:05:50]
Here's the kicker: this energy will literally impact your success, but it is something that can be changed. If you're constantly stuck in the whinger mindset, it's going to hold you back every single time. Action—particularly imperfect action—is what moves the needle in your business. Sometimes I think OTs are programmed to lean more towards the whinger side.

[00:06:50]
I remember years ago when I was working in the NHS. I had an idea to set up an intergenerational group with home-educated children mixing with dementia clients. From having the idea to its actual implementation, it took six months, countless risk assessments, and numerous layers of management approval.

[00:09:05]
In business, we can act much faster. It's a big adjustment to move from waiting for approval to taking independent, immediate action. That was certainly part of my journey. I was programmed to analyze, be slow, and wait for others. Shifting from whinger to go-getter required learning to trust my instincts and embrace faster decision-making.

[00:11:10]
So when we think about examples like Steve Jobs, he didn't let his team moan about the impossibility of creating an iPhone. Instead, he demanded innovation. Similarly, we need to embrace our OT creativity and problem-solving skills to adopt a go-getter mindset.

[00:22:10]
Here’s my challenge to you: take a hard look at the areas in your life or business where you're stuck. How are you approaching problems? Are you focusing on what's wrong or finding creative solutions? Next time you catch yourself overthinking or making excuses, recognize it as a story. It doesn’t have to be true. You have the power to rewrite that story and take action.

[00:23:05]
I help OTs around the world design, launch, and scale their online businesses. If this resonates with you, check the link in the show notes to connect with me and start your journey to freedom.

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