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What is Holding You Back?
By karen | November 7, 2006
Is there a limiting belief somewhere in your psyche that is stopping you or holding you back from the life you really want to live? Is there some crazy notion that masquerades as common sense that prevents you from taking action?
Here are some examples I can think of:
“I can’t really make a living playing golf”
“I’m too old to get a part in a movie”
“I should spend my days doing something more productive that can make me money rather than doing art”
“people who went to Law school should not become pastry chefs”
Here is a really good one I heard from one of my past clients–
“Only dead authors ever make any money” (I have no idea where she came up with that brilliant observation–I thought John Grisham made a boatload of money over and over!).
When you look at these crazy notions that are masquerading as common sense, you can see how ridiculous they are. Yet we allow these crazy notions to prevent us from doing and becoming everything we can become and do. The problem with these limiting beliefs, besides the limiting factor, is that so often they are hidden and obscure. It never really occurs to us that we actually believe this nonsense, yet in our subconscious mind we do believe and that is what holds us back.
So how do we uncover and find these subconscious limiting beliefs? There are many “guru’s” out there with a plan. Tony Robbins comes to mind. But my experiences have taught me a simple way to know when I come up against a limiting belief that is hindering me–It feels bad. It feels disempowered. It feels discouraging. It feels terrible, as opposed to when I am feeling empowered and joyous and happy with life, which is when I am really able to make things happen.
Years ago, I changed my life dramatically for the better after giving up some very limiting and disempowering beliefs.
There are still many things I want to do, be and have and I recently uncovered another limiting belief that is stopping me from doing something that I always wanted to do. I’m working on overcoming that now.
That’s the thing about Life, we are always learning!
I am pleased to announce that this article is featured at the CultivateGreatness Success and Growth BlogCarnival #007 November 29th 2006. Check out the other great articles at Cultivate Greatness.
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November 29th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
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