Some beliefs have the power to stop you in your tracks. These beliefs are more damaging than specific beliefs. Believing you can never learn to play the banjo doesn’t have the same negative impact as thinking you’re too old to follow your dreams.
Get rid of toxic beliefs that can limit your life:
1. I am too old, and it’s too late for me. It’s never too late for a new beginning in your life.
- Colonel Sanders didn’t settle on a chicken recipe until he was 49. Yet, you know who he is, and you’ve eaten his chicken.
- There have been a few medical students that didn’t get started until their 60s. Avoid jumping to conclusions regarding your age. You never have to stop learning.
2. Failure is part of life. Failure is typical, and you learn from it. If you’re living, you’re also failing from time to time. Failure is nothing more than an undesired result.
- Take the opportunity to learn from your failures and adjust your approach. If one way doesn’t work, try another. How can you fail over the long haul if you continue to improve your method?
- Do not put yourself down or feel less than because of failure. Self-sabotage will only hold you back.
3. The past equals the future. You have a fantastic ability to change and adapt. You can choose to drop the past and live in the present.
- Where you start is not where you finish.
- Do not allow your past to cripple you.
4. People will criticize me, laugh at me, or think little of me. It is not important what others think of you. It is what you feel about yourself that matters. It’s harmful to be concerned about the opinions of others. No matter what you do, some people won’t be impressed. Why do you care?
- You don’t have time to worry about such nonsense. Focus on uplifting and elevating yourself.
- Avoid worrying about anyone else’s opinion.
5. I’m not intelligent enough, educated, unique, or fill in the blank. No one is good at everything. You can learn to be good at whatever skill you’re lacking. Don’t know how to save money? Read a book? Take a class. Are you lacking real estate knowledge? Find a mentor.
- Successful people are often surprisingly ordinary. You don’t have to do anything spectacular to have spectacular results. You can find or create whatever you’re currently lacking.
- Everyone has a passion and gift they can give to the world. What is yours? A toxic belief could be holding you back from the success you deserve.
These negative beliefs are difficult to recognize because you’ve been carrying them around for so long. Do a personal inventory and evaluate all the thoughts that inhibit you. How do you know they’re true? What are they costing you? Please get rid of them and proceed to move on with your life!
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