Do You Believe Something That's Actually Not True About Yourself?
Isn’t it amazing how much beliefs factor into our success?
Beliefs are a mindset choice and they’re either hurting or helping us.
Yet it takes effort to uncover what’s happening on this automatic level.
Then it takes intentional work to shift those beliefs that are not serving us.
The reason you hear so many amazing stories of overcoming adversity is because people were forced to change.
And in the process of feeling lost and stuck in confusion and uncertainty, they were forced to adjust their beliefs about what they could, should, and now wanted to do.
Resulting from this discovery and reconciliation process they find themselves transformed into a new version of themselves they never could have imagined.
But they never could have imagined that version with their old set of beliefs, could they?
It takes courage to question what we believe to be true…when we’re not up against a wall.
To just choose one day to explore our beliefs.
Because it might lead to needing to change. To leave our comfort zone.
But a belief is just that—a belief. It may or may not be true.
What belief have you changed about yourself that worked out for the better?
Mine was that there’s no need to speak my mind because it wouldn’t be worth the effort to defend my views. Not only would nobody care, I wouldn’t be fast enough on my feet to withstand the criticism.
This came from being bullied as a child for being a girl, from resisting gender discrimination with a whole society backing the bullies. I stopped speaking my truth in 5th grade.
What stories are attached to a belief that currently isn’t serving you?
What’s one belief you might examine and do some testing…play outside of the box…to see if it’s actually worth holding onto?
What would you choose to believe instead?
How would that new belief impact your life?
What are you going to do if you adopt this new belief?
What will you stop doing?
Yours,
—J
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