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Limiting Beliefs
Your Beliefs are Doing You In
One of the things that my late grandfather taught me when I was younger was never to say, “I can’t.”
I later learned that when we say that over ourselves and our lives, we shut off the intelligence necessary to create the thing we want to do.
You’ve heard the term limiting belief. Anything that stipulates you can’t do something is a limiting belief and getting rid of it is essential for growth.
I think about all of the things I don’t try or do because of a limiting belief that doesn’t serve me.
Your beliefs lock you down better than any COVID restriction ever could
This is a short illustration of how limiting beliefs mess up your life.
Someone in your life, a person you trust, attempted something, and it didn’t work for them
Let’s talk about owning a vending machine
- This person adopted the belief that vending machines are a terrible investment.
- Then they relayed their story (of it not working), probably told with a great deal of emotion and conviction because THEY believe it.
- You hear the story and adopt the belief that vending machines are a bad investment.
- Consequently, even though you…