Destroying Limited Beliefs

The Undeniable Level Up

1. Intro:

Sage from Sage & Sol reading from 'Think & Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill.

Hello and welcome to the Undeniable Level Up Podcast. Last week we discussed the difficult topic of "Failing Forward". We covered how to best learn from failure, avoiding shifting blame in order to garner the greatest learning opportunities, how to encourage excusable failure in your teams to drive innovation as well as how to avoid lethal failures.

Today we are going to cover destroying limited beliefs and we have Sol, co-founder of Sage & Sol, joining us via Zoom from the Lover's State of Virginia. Hello Sol, and welcome to Level Up.

Now I first learned about limited beliefs through the Sage & Sol podcast, I believe it was Episode 15, Identifying Limited Beliefs.

Wow, that was a very emotional experience for you. A link to the Sage & Sol podcast has been provided for our listeners to check out that podcast and learn how to identify their potential limited beliefs. And when we selected this topic for discussion, I told Crystal that we had to have you on.

So what is a limited belief?

(Allow Sol to answer this question)

Read Quote: Mary Kay Ash says, "Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve."

Limited beliefs are false beliefs that prevent us from pursuing our goals and desires.

Limited beliefs are beliefs that we hold about ourselves that prevent us from following our desires or dreams. They stop us from being our best selves and limit our happiness. These limited beliefs can be beliefs such as I am too old to pursue a career in music, or I'm not interesting, or I'm too shy to speak publicly.

These beliefs become our truths and eventually cause us to act in accordance with those beliefs.

Q: What are some limited beliefs about yourself? Where do you think these beliefs originated from? Have you overcome these limited beliefs? How do you avoid slipping back into that mindset?

Limited beliefs do not only apply to how we see our selves. We can also have limited beliefs about how we see and experience the world. This includes thoughts such as rich people are either born rich or they get lucky, all relationships end in divorce, money is the root of all evil.

These types of beliefs about the world can stunt your professional growth, limit your ability to accumulate wealth and even impact your relationships.

Q: What are some limited beliefs that you've held about the world? Do you still hold these beliefs? How did you overcome these beliefs?

Limited beliefs also apply to life in general and can impact what we experience in our lives. We can fantasize about how life should be and create a limited belief that reflects that fantasy, such as happiness is being married, 2.5 kids and house with picket fence, or success is a fancy title with a six digit salary.

We can also talk ourselves out of accomplishing goals and objectives by saying things like there's not enough time in a day, love doesn't last, all people are selfish.

Q: What are some limited beliefs that you've held about life? Do you still hold these beliefs? How did you overcome these beliefs?

So how can you overcome your limited beliefs?

Read: Mark Manson provides four (4) questions to help you overcome a limited belief. The first is:

• Ask yourself, "What if I'm wrong?"
• Ask yourself, "How is this belief serving me?"
• Create alternative beliefs
• Test those alternatives to see if they might be true

Q: How have you overcome your limited beliefs? What was the hardest part of changing your mindset? Are you still challenged by limited beliefs?

Read Quote: Louise Hay says, "If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you."

It's time to level up and identify where you are holding yourself back from achieving greatness, from living your best life and being the best version of yourself. I encourage you to:

1. Write down a list of your top limited beliefs, whether they are personal, limiting belief's about life or limiting beliefs about the world.
2. Identify what instilled this particular belief
3. Determine your new positive belief
4. Look for evidence to support your new positive belief
5. Imagine the worst case scenario and how you will overcome it
6. Recite affirmations

Give an Example:

1. I'm too old to go back to school and get my degree
2. This belief stems from the fact that I have college aged kids that are in school and going back to school makes me look like I'm backsliding
3. My new belief is you are never too old to learn and grow
4. Other people my age

I want to thank Cecilia for joining us today and sharing with us. It was great having you on. Cecilia, where can people find you and listen to your podcast?

Life is already too short and challenging enough that we don't need to make it harder by creating beliefs that limit our ability to achieve and succeed. It's time to break those limited beliefs and create beliefs that serve us in a way that allows us to be our very best selves.

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https://sage-sol.com/limited-belief-how-to-uncover-and-conquer/

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