According to Stanford University psychologist Carol Dweck, your mindset is the view you adopt, which determines how you live your life, you see the world, and make decisions. In other words, it is your perspective and belief about your abilities and qualities, that form how you do things or see things. Therefore, limiting beliefs might be stopping you from living a happier, more fulfilling life.
When you feel stuck in your life or business and you aren’t achieving your goals or making anywhere near the impact or income you want to make, a few quick fixes aren’t what you need:
You need a radical paradigm shift.
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We’re talking about a completely different way of thinking, so that we don’t waste time addressing problems or challenges from the same (and sometimes limiting) lens that helped create the “crisis” you may be facing.
Remember, no more effort is required to aim high in life, to demand abundance and prosperity than is required to accept misery and poverty.”
~ Napoleon Hill
If you’re not where you want to be in your career or business, I invite you to examine the following limiting beliefs and behaviors to determine which one(s) you need to shift (quickly) in order to start creating the outcomes you what to see and experience.
1. Failure Focus.
Your perception of failure causes you to believe you are a failure, unconsciously sending negative messages to your mind that you will fail at whatever you try to accomplish.
Instead,
Make it a point to celebrate your success, no matter how big or small. Keep a success diary, journal, or brag book where you can acknowledge your daily wins.
2. Social Media Envy.
This is a common limiting belief. The highlight reels of others online cause you to focus on what you don’t have or aren’t doing, resulting in the devaluing of who you are and what you have to offer.
Instead,
Shift your focus to what you do have and what you’re uniquely skilled at doing. Expressions of gratitude open the doorway for more to come into our lives.
3.Negative Nancy.
Your mind is constantly filled with everything you don’t like, rather than what you can control, which is yourself and how you choose to show up every day.
Instead,
Identify areas for self-improvement and focus on taking action to make your situation more positive. Act on things that will bring you a greater sense of accomplishment and abundance.
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If you conduct an audit on your life, career or business and don’t see the things you desire, then it’s time to stop looking outwardly and start examining and shifting your internal beliefs.
Move away and let go of the things you don’t want and turn 100 percent of your focus on what you actually want your life to reflect back to you.
Get specific with yourself about what you really need to move forward. Only then will you be able to see your path in a totally new and empowering, exciting way.
And when you see things clearly, you’ll finally be able to create what you want in life, and spend less time thinking about what you need or don’t yet have.
