Everyone holds limiting beliefs, and whether you know it or not, the limiting beliefs that you hold can actually limit your success and ability to live a full and happy life.
Many of these limiting beliefs are formed in childhood and are based on what we’ve been told about ourselves and the world in general. If you find that there are specific areas in your life in which you aren’t getting what you want, it may be because of your limiting beliefs.
Here are three strategies to help you overcome your limiting beliefs and replace them with empowering beliefs.
Journaling
The only way you can begin to overcome your limiting beliefs is to identify them. One way you can determine those beliefs that are holding you back is by journaling. You need to find time every day to sit down and write about your current situation. Then you need to think about how you got to this point in your life.
Journaling will help you discover your limiting beliefs, which is the first step to overcoming them.
Observe Others
A great way to overcome your negative beliefs is to observe the behaviour of others. This can serve two purposes. First, it can help you uncover the ideas you have about yourself that you may not be aware you have. Noticing specific reactions and behaviours within ourselves can be hard.
Secondly, when you watch others who are currently succeeding in an area of life that you’re doing poorly in, you can start to uncover the beliefs that they hold that lead them to achieve success in that area of life. You can then begin to adopt these beliefs in your own life.
Another technique you can use to overcome your limiting beliefs is to become your own mentor. Pretend that you are sitting across from your future self. Not only are they kind and wise, but they’ve achieved everything that you wanted in your life.
Have a conversation with your future self and tell them about the areas in your life where you’re currently having trouble. Ask them to help you uncover your limiting beliefs, discover how you formed your limiting beliefs, how to interpret the situation differently, and help you come up with a new set of beliefs.
The next time that you find yourself being held back because of your limiting beliefs, continue to tell yourself that it’s only in your head. Use the above strategies to overcome your limiting beliefs and live your best life.
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