I ended up sitting
through a LONG discussion the other day about limiting beliefs and how we can
remove them from our lives.
If you are
unfamiliar with the term “limiting beliefs,” they are the beliefs you hold,
known but usually unknown, that are holding you back from living the life you
really want. Not as severe as phobias,
they can still keep you stuck.
Some people offer
courses or sessions to get rid of your limiting beliefs, with some even
promising to remove ALL of your limiting beliefs.
The methods of
dealing with limiting beliefs range from very elaborate to moderately simple,
over months of intense work or minutes.
I can give you a
quick and simple way to address your limiting beliefs. Just play with me here.
First write down
the biggest, grandest, most exciting dream you have.
Now, list all the
reasons why you are not living that dream right now. Go ahead.
Take as much time as you like. Get
it all out on paper.
Once you have your
list, take a moment to read through it. Everything
you listed is a limiting belief - in other words, an excuse - you believe. Before you get all discourage, please note
that some of the items on your list will be totally and completely valid and
true at this time. But, there are also
probably items on the list that are rather foolish sounding now that they are
written down.
The final step is
to do one small action, the tinier the better in this case, that will bring you
one teeny tiny step closer to living that dream. And then tomorrow take another
teeny tiny step, and repeat.
Limiting beliefs are transformed by taking actions that bring you closer to what you want in life. Because the gap from where we are to where we want to be is usually SO HUGE, we get defeated before we start, but tiny steps add up like pennies. We don’t need to know what our limiting beliefs are to reach for our dreams. We just need to start taking action, any small action, to increase our confidence we can do it.
Beth
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