Simple Steps To Successfully Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
Overcoming Limiting Beliefs - 8 Simple Steps to Success
Limiting beliefs are those things you believe about yourself or the world that keep you from being fully effective and successful. They range from believing that everyone is better than you, to feeling you’re not good enough or not lovable, to believing that the world is very scary, and many more.
Breaking out from these beliefs is essential if you are to be truly fulfilled and release yourself from limiting what you do with your life.
Nancy Kline, in her book 'Time to Think', offers an approach that will help you break free from those limiting assumptions so you can achieve your goals. Follow these 8 simple steps and you CAN overcome your limiting beliefs and achieve success:
Ask yourself "What might I be assuming that is stopping me from achieving my goal?" (replace the words "achieving my goal" with whatever your actual goal is - e.g. to be able to stand up in front of an audience and give a presentation, to become fit, to look after my own needs, or whatever).
Then ask yourself, repeatedly, if there's anything else that you're assuming that's stopping you taking action, until you are sure you have uncovered all your limiting assumptions.
Now ask yourself, "Which of these is most in my way?" This will often be a belief about yourself, or about the way things are, that is damaging you and getting in the way of you achieving what you really want to achieve. For example, "People like me are not important", or "I am not lovable", or "It's not OK to make mistakes".
Once you discover what your real limiting belief is, think of the opposite position, e.g. "I am important", or " I am lovable", or "It is OK to make mistakes".
Now ask yourself, "If I knew that I am important (or whatever), how would I.....(whatever your goal is)?” For example, "If I knew that I am as important as everyone else, how would I approach speaking to a room of senior people?"
See how many creative ideas you can come up with. For instance in the example above you would feel confident and prepared, you would not worry about what your audience were thinking of you, only about getting your message across clearly and pleasantly, and you would walk away from the presentation feeling great about yourself and your achievement.
Now determine all the steps you need to take in order to achieve that. For example, you might prepare and rehearse the presentation, find ways to make what you have to say more interesting, such as adding in story examples, imagine yourself giving the presentation confidently and well, tell yourself that you can do it, recognise what you do well, and reward yourself afterwards for your achievement.
Write down the steps you will take, decide which action you will take today, and DO IT NOW!
Bonus Tip - to help you along the way, having done the above exercise, work out what is (or, if necessary, what will be) your new empowering belief about yourself e.g. "I am important", and repeat this to your self several times a day, so that you really believe it!
by Elizabeth Juffs
Elizabeth Juffs is an experienced Life Coach, specialising in working with people who are successful in some aspects of their lives, yet want to make positive changes to their confidence, career or work-life balance. She helps them build their self-confidence, reduce their stress, and gain greater control over their work and their lives, so they feel fulfilled, healthy and happy.
For further help in overcoming your limiting beliefs and gaining greater control over your life, sign up for her free newsletter and free report "How to Jump Start Your Life" at http://www.ejllifecoaching.co.uk/
© Copyright Elizabeth Juffs 2007.
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Limiting beliefs are those things you believe about yourself or the world that keep you from being fully effective and successful. They range from believing that everyone is better than you, to feeling you’re not good enough or not lovable, to believing that the world is very scary, and many more.
Breaking out from these beliefs is essential if you are to be truly fulfilled and release yourself from limiting what you do with your life.
Nancy Kline, in her book 'Time to Think', offers an approach that will help you break free from those limiting assumptions so you can achieve your goals. Follow these 8 simple steps and you CAN overcome your limiting beliefs and achieve success:
Ask yourself "What might I be assuming that is stopping me from achieving my goal?" (replace the words "achieving my goal" with whatever your actual goal is - e.g. to be able to stand up in front of an audience and give a presentation, to become fit, to look after my own needs, or whatever).
Then ask yourself, repeatedly, if there's anything else that you're assuming that's stopping you taking action, until you are sure you have uncovered all your limiting assumptions.
Now ask yourself, "Which of these is most in my way?" This will often be a belief about yourself, or about the way things are, that is damaging you and getting in the way of you achieving what you really want to achieve. For example, "People like me are not important", or "I am not lovable", or "It's not OK to make mistakes".
Once you discover what your real limiting belief is, think of the opposite position, e.g. "I am important", or " I am lovable", or "It is OK to make mistakes".
Now ask yourself, "If I knew that I am important (or whatever), how would I.....(whatever your goal is)?” For example, "If I knew that I am as important as everyone else, how would I approach speaking to a room of senior people?"
See how many creative ideas you can come up with. For instance in the example above you would feel confident and prepared, you would not worry about what your audience were thinking of you, only about getting your message across clearly and pleasantly, and you would walk away from the presentation feeling great about yourself and your achievement.
Now determine all the steps you need to take in order to achieve that. For example, you might prepare and rehearse the presentation, find ways to make what you have to say more interesting, such as adding in story examples, imagine yourself giving the presentation confidently and well, tell yourself that you can do it, recognise what you do well, and reward yourself afterwards for your achievement.
Write down the steps you will take, decide which action you will take today, and DO IT NOW!
Bonus Tip - to help you along the way, having done the above exercise, work out what is (or, if necessary, what will be) your new empowering belief about yourself e.g. "I am important", and repeat this to your self several times a day, so that you really believe it!
by Elizabeth Juffs
Elizabeth Juffs is an experienced Life Coach, specialising in working with people who are successful in some aspects of their lives, yet want to make positive changes to their confidence, career or work-life balance. She helps them build their self-confidence, reduce their stress, and gain greater control over their work and their lives, so they feel fulfilled, healthy and happy.
For further help in overcoming your limiting beliefs and gaining greater control over your life, sign up for her free newsletter and free report "How to Jump Start Your Life" at http://www.ejllifecoaching.co.uk/
© Copyright Elizabeth Juffs 2007.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Elizabeth_Juffs
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