Did you know that you can train an elephant to not run away by attaching a long metal stake dug into the ground attached to his foot? Did you know if you put a small stake in the ground with the same elephant but much older it won't try to run away?
Why is that? Limiting beliefs.
Steve Morgan just posted a great article on his website talking about how we limit our own beliefs. Read on and feel free to comment on how you feel about limiting beliefs.
I think many people are alike, they have limiting beliefs. I know that growing up I developed limited thinking. The way that I overcame this personally was through the information in the LIFE business. We have worked with Best selling authors Orrin Woodward and Chris Brady for a decade of our lives now. It made all the difference. They say that over the next 5 years you will be the same person except for the books you read and the people you meet. I have asked people for years, “if we recorded you talking to yourself would you be embarrassed if we played it for others to hear?” They always say yes. I can’t believe that we talk so negative to ourselves, but we do. What I have found by reading the right books, is that you can do anything you put your mind to. Click link to read more. What's holding you back?
Thanks for reading!
Nicholas Nighbor
Nick,
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to post this!Great Blog! Quite frankly, I feel that many limiting beliefs are based on the same premise as the elephant example that you used, but our long stake being our family and friends telling you that you can't do that, or telling you to get your head out of the clouds. Basically just shooting down many different dreams that a person might have and then eventually after some time a person won't even need that outside discouragement to think that they can't succeed, similar to the short stake. Because they have trained their "elephant" that they can't succeed, they don't.
God Bless and I am greatly looking forward to Tuesday! :-)
I agree with you Jeremy. I think a lot of those beliefs we have -especially limited beliefs- come from our friends and family when we are young. It is important who we take our advice from. Thanks for sharing Jeremy.
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