Taking a Step Forward and Two Steps Back

Limiting beliefs can hold back progress in any area of your life. They can even hold back your success in the areas you would like to experience the most success. They are mostly beliefs you have absorbed through social conditioning, the mass media, and the advertisements we all receive. Limiting beliefs often times are very subtle and not until they become a strong fact, do they become problematic. Here are some of the things that limiting beliefs can do to you.

You are afraid to take chances. This is a common limiting belief and is the basis of a lot of people’s fear about making changes. You must have beliefs as to the reality of any situation or challenge in order for good things to happen, so to speak.

You believe that you must be perfect. This type of limiting beliefs can cause you to feel like there’s no hope, or you’re going to forever be unsuccessful. It’s important to remember that regardless of what anyone else says, you are in control of your destiny and your personality. You don’t have to be perfect, but you do need to be honest with yourself and hold off on limiting beliefs.

You have a glass belief, “If I dream I can achieve.” This type of limiting beliefs can cause you to focus excessively on your dreams, missing out on the many opportunities and challenges waiting for you outside of your dream. The best antidote to this kind of thinking is to start believing that you can achieve anything you set your mind to.

You fear failure. Everyone suffers from fear of failure. It’s a natural emotion that can be handled properly. However, many people use this as an outlet for their negative emotions instead of channeling them into more positive endeavors. The solution is to embrace your fear, and understand that even failure can be used to grow. Instead of letting fear paralyze you, use it as a stepping-stone toward success.

You have a negative opinion of yourself. Everyone has their own ideas about themselves and what they think they could or should be. People with negative limiting beliefs often feel they are worthless and that they don’t deserve to achieve more. Reclaim your empowering beliefs and start believing that you do matter.

You experience a sense of humor about life. There are many ways that you can use humor to combat negative self-talk. Start thinking about all the great things about yourself. Think about all the things you’ve done that were a great achievement. When you start using these humor as a weapon to combat negative limiting beliefs, you’ll find that it works wonders. Over time, you’ll find that your limiting beliefs begin to fade away.

Many times we get stuck in our own way when it comes to defining success and happiness. It’s important to realize that there are many ways to live a fulfilled life. You have many choices, and your beliefs will only ever guide you one direction. Regardless of which path you choose, remember that you have control over your limiting beliefs and work to transform them into empowering beliefs about who you are and what you want out life.

There are many ways to make positive change. If you want to feel empowered, you can always try an alternative belief system. For example, if you feel that you’re unlovable, start imagining that you’re beautiful. You can incorporate this belief with other empowering beliefs to create your ideal world and you’ll soon be feeling like a totally different person.

As you work on transforming your limiting beliefs, you’ll also be working on changing the way you think. Begin practicing a new habit of taking one step forward and two steps back. This will help you to move forward without being so focused on making progress that you’ll get stuck. You need to take small steps and as you move forward, continue to take those small steps.

Limiting beliefs are a crutch for many people. However, by using your imagination you can make amazing progress towards changing your life. Remember that limiting beliefs are just that, limiting. With imagination and a new way of looking at the world, you can conquer your fear of reaching your goals and live a happier, more fulfilled life. What do you have to lose?