What’s Stopping You From Getting What You Want? What is it that you want in life? A successful
We think of these limiting beliefs as facts.
career or business? Financial freedom? A house
What’s crushing your potential are beliefs like
on the beach? A big, loving family? Leisure time
“I have to work hard for many years to become
to travel the world? What about a healthier work/
wealthy,” or “I have to sacrifice my health or
life balance? Are you striving for better mental
personal time to have a successful business,” or
health and physical fitness? The possibilities are
the classic “I don’t have enough time or
endless. Life is, after all, what you make it.
resources.”
Everyone has goals and aspirations, or at least
Beliefs become true in your life only if you
they should. If you’re like me, you might desire all
believe them to be true. Just as you believe them
of the above. So, if you aren’t thinking about that
to be true, you can believe them to be false and
next climb to something greater, why not? And if
instead choose to believe in something that
you want all those things — the job, the house
doesn’t limit you but empowers you to live an
and all the rest — why don’t you have them yet?
incredible life. As you begin to identify and
What’s holding you back?
change your limiting beliefs, you will notice these
Typically, the most significant thing stopping
new beliefs become your reality.
us from achieving our goals is — wait for it —
Again, there is no reason you can’t have
ourselves. Yes, that’s right, we can be our own
everything you desire in life, but solely wanting
worst enemy. It’s not that we don’t have enough
something isn’t enough. It comes down to the
time or because other people hold us back. We
Law of Attraction. It’s not about simply attracting
can’t always blame the economy, the pandemic,
the things we want in life, but instead, we attract
bad luck, or any other reason.
that which we are. We are our beliefs.
The fact of the matter is, we think, and
Fortunately, we can break the cycle by
therefore we are. Negative thoughts creep in and
reprogramming our subconscious minds to
pin us down. Thoughts like these are what we call
hold beliefs that empower us and allow us to
limiting beliefs; they’re beliefs that limit us from
live extraordinary lives — without limitation.
reaching our highest potential. Anything you tell
So, how can you do that? Start by identifying
yourself about why you can’t have something you
what thoughts and ideas are holding you back.
desire is a limiting belief.
Then, every day, imagine living the life of your
Limiting beliefs can begin forming in childhood and become stored in our subconscious minds. We can inherit them from
Ryan McDermott is a mindset and success coach who helps his clients achieve their goals by challenging the way they think and helping them to see their life from a different perspective. Originally from the U.S., Ryan currently lives in Australia, where he coaches clients online via Zoom. Download his free worksheet, “Identify and Transform Your Limiting Beliefs,” at www.snip feed.co/ryanmcdermott. Interested in working with Ryan? Learn more at www.ryan mcdermott.com.au and book a free consultation at www.calendly.com/ rmcoaching/1-1discovery-session.
dreams. Seriously! Relax your mind and body, and just imagine. Then, assume that state of being as true and
our parents or others as we grow up, from our
live from it. You can’t live in your old state and
environment and life experiences. Our
expect anything to change. Stay true to your
subconscious mind creates the world around us.
desires by thinking, acting and feeling them as if
If you have a recurring problem in your life,
they’re already yours. It is absolutely possible to
whether it be health, finances or relationships,
get whatever you want in life! Remember,
it’s likely due to limiting beliefs buried in your
nothing is impossible unless you believe that it is
subconscious mind.
impossible.
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