Do you sometimes think you’re not good enough? Or maybe that you don’t have enough money or enough time to do the things you love? When thoughts like these stop you from taking action towards living your dream life, it’s time to change something. It’s time for overcoming your limiting beliefs.
But how do you actually do that? How do you overcome something you’ve been struggling with for years?
Well, grab a cup of coffee, a journal and let’s start overcoming those limiting beliefs together.
Step #1 Start overcoming your limiting beliefs by journaling about them.
The first step to overcoming your limiting beliefs is recognizing that you have them. You can’t solve a problem until you define what exactly is the problem. When you admit that you are struggling with something, you take away its power.
Therefore, in the first step, open your journal and be honest with yourself. You need to ask yourself the right questions to determine the cause of your limiting beliefs. Take full responsibility for your life and ask yourself why you’re not where you want to be in life.
Is it because you don’t have enough money, time, support? You’re not ready enough? You don’t look good enough?
As Mike Bayer in his book Best Self said, fear can be conquered with honesty. He suggests asking yourself questions like
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- What are the fears that have held me back from making changes to my life?
- What is my fear?
- What is that fear keeping me away from?
- What is my plan to stop my fear from becoming a reality?
Step #2 Rewrite your story.
As Alissa Finerman in her book Living In Your Top 1% said, you can choose between having a growth mindset or a fixed mindset.
If you choose to have a growth mindset, you’ll act like life is a learning process and you can always improve. However, if you choose to have a fixed mindset, you’re going to stay stuck with whatever abilities you already have.
When you’re in the process of overcoming your limiting beliefs, you have to shift to a growth mindset. You can’t stay stuck with the same thought patterns you had. You’ll need to create new ones that are aligned with the new version of yourself you’re creating.
You can’t blame other people for your current situation.
Hear me out on this one, because this is what often happens. First, someone asks you to do something.
Then, you say yes because you put THEM as a priority, and not yourself.
And then, in your mind, you blame THEM for your situation.
Stop blaming other people for how you live your life. In order to rewrite your story, you have to realize that it’s only YOUR story to write. You’re not only the main character, but you’re also the writer.
Start developing a growth mindset by realizing that you can change at any given time. Your story can change. But first, you have to work on your mindset.
Begin by encouraging yourself with affirmations. If you don’t have enough money, you don’t have to instantly start saying that you have an abundance of money. That’s going to be hard to believe so you’re going to feel like you’re lying to yourself instead of encouraging yourself. However, you can pick one of these affirmations
- I am manifesting an abundance of money.
- I am allowing money to come.
- I’m worthy of having money.
- Money comes to me easily.
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Step #3 Start taking a different action.
After you change your thoughts, this one will come naturally. First, you will start thinking encouraging thoughts. Next, you will FEEL better about yourself and more excited about life. Then, your WORDS will change. You will start saying more positive words and attract positive people into your life. And, from there, your ACTIONS will change. You will start taking actions based on the encouraging thoughts, emotions, and words.
As you can see, this is how you change your life. It all begins in your mind. You can choose what are you going to focus on. You can decide every single day are you going to do something that will lead you towards the better version of yourself. Or, are you going to call yourself ugly, fat, stupid, or any other negative word you don’t deserve.
Certainly, overcoming limiting beliefs is a process. You’re not going to journal about them for 15 minutes and think that’s it.
It will take more than one day to overcome something you’ve been struggling with for years. It will take more than one day to take back your power and accept yourself for who you are. Scars and everything.
But this is something you need to do. You have to know your worth. You need to forgive yourself for what has been and be your biggest cheerleader for things to come. Personally, I still have some limiting beliefs. I’m still shy in front of the camera, and that’s something I need to work on.
However, I have improved in many other areas in my life and I’m proud of myself for how far have I come when it comes to crushing my old limiting beliefs. I approach myself with understanding and compassion. And that’s something I encourage you to do, as well.
I challenge you to see your worth. To recognize how far you have come in your life. I challenge you to connect with yourself. To love yourself. You have your whole life to spend with yourself. Try being your biggest support instead of being your only limit. Work through your blocks. Work through your fears. And go after the life you want. Unapologetically.
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Until the next time,
I.
Hi , Ivana i really happy because i have a chance to read what you write in this post. it’s all about what i’m feel and also my expression in the things . thank you
Glad it resonated 🙂
Excellent post! The majority of us does not even understand that our beliefs limit our actions in the first place.
This post & this issue deserve more attention!
Glad you liked it, Chris 🙂
You are right about step-by-step affirmations. We can’t jump from not having money to affirming ourselves “I have a lot of money.” It’s not realistic!
Instead, we can start with “Abundance and money are coming my way, everyday.” That is a more believable affirmation!
After that, we can change our affirmations to suit our life situations as the weeks pass.
Thanks for the in-depth blog post, Ivana👍
Glad you liked it! Love that affirmation 😀