LIMITING BELIEFS

 A limiting belief is a thought or state of mind that you think is the absolute truth and stops you from doing certain things. 

Limiting beliefs can change your life, but not always for the better. They create self-awareness that stops you from chasing after your dreams, forming healthy relationships with people, and creating change in any area of your life. 

Having primarily negative beliefs puts boundaries and limitations on things in our lives and keeps us within our comfort zones.

To overcome limiting beliefs, we first need to learn where they come from.

1.      Family Beliefs: We start developing our core beliefs when we’re young based first on what we learn from our family, whether they transmit these beliefs purposefully or not.

2.      Life Experiences: Any experience you have gives you a feeling to remember. These conclusions that you draw from experiences dictate what you choose to do in the future. 

3.      Education: Whomever you’re learning from, may they be teachers, family, or friends, impact what you believe to be true. 

Identify your Limiting Beliefs

1.    Reflect on your Behaviour: Think back to when someone hurt your feelings and you needed to speak up for yourself.   What was your reaction? Did you speak up, or did you walk away from the situation without letting the person know how you felt?

2.    Write Down your Beliefs: Try writing down your general and detailed beliefs — the personal ones, the vague ones, and the ones that you feel very strongly about. 

3.    Make a list of things that challenge you: There could be things that routinely challenge you in life that you avoid that could be your limiting beliefs, so ask yourself, “What limiting beliefs are you holding on to?”

Here are seven tips to overcome your limiting beliefs:

  1. Ask yourself what would happen if you’re limiting belief is wrong.
  2. Push yourself to step outside your comfort zone and take some risks.
  3. Get creative and think of new beliefs.
  4. Put your new beliefs to the test to see if they are true.
  5. Be proud of your personal development and further a Growth Mindset.
  6. Make sure your environment is organized and free of clutter.

 

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