Limiting Self Through Belief Systems

If you believed you could, would you?

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Let’s all reflect for a moment in a little introspective exercise. Is there anything in your career or life in general that you want to have, be or do that you are NOT having, being or doing simply because you don’t believe you can?

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Hmmm, interesting thought isn’t it? Those pesky limiting beliefs that tell you that you can’t possibly have, be or do what you want.  They form an insurmountable psychological barrier to your getting exactly what you want. Those beliefs may have been born from a number of different events. Perhaps you once tried to get what you want and it didn’t quite work out the way you had planned. Maybe a teacher told you that you weren’t capable. A parent who told you to settle for what you have and be grateful. A manager who consistently tells you what you need to do better instead of telling you what you do really well. Every time you turn on the news and the state of the economy fills you with fear and encourages you to live at minimal risk and within small boundaries.

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There are so many opinions out there that constantly bombard us, we are bound to adopt some of them as our own and then begin to behave according to our limiting beliefs.

So how does this happen? Firstly, ask anyone who is being, doing or having what they want in life HOW they created that and they will tell you that success begins in the mind.  The mind and physical body (including the structure that we know as the brain) are so closely connected, that the physical will not function at optimum performance without the close attendance of a healthy mind.  To produce what you want, you must first believe that you are capable of achieving ultimate success.  Every person who fully believes that they can succeed and win are driven by that belief and it’s that total belief that has driven them to the peak of their success.

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Let’s consider the concept of belief for a moment.  It may surprise you to discover that beliefs are not true.  Beliefs are not true and we act as if they are, therefore beliefs act as self-fulfilling prophecies.  If we believe something to be true, then it will be true in our personal model of the world, our own reality.  This concept is nicely illustrated by the quote attributed to Henry Ford, ‘Whether you believe you can or you can’t you are absolutely right.’

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Beliefs are closely related to our values and every individual belief is linked to a certain value, which is held at the unconscious level of our cognitive minds.  Beliefs are more conscious than our values and make generalisations about our actions, about what we are doing or what we need to do.  Beliefs form our Model of the World and by that we mean, how we believe the world is.  One of the presuppositions of NLP is, ‘The map is not the territory’, meaning the representation we make of our own reality doesn’t accurately describe reality itself because everyone forms a different map which fits their values and belief systems.  So, what we believe is our truth and guides our perception of reality and our outward and inward behaviour.

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Positive, empowering beliefs are extremely powerful contributors to our success.  If we believe something is possible, then it is possible in our model of the world.  Let’s take Roger Bannister, the Athlete as an example.  When Roger announced that he was going to run a mile in under 4 minutes, his contemporaries said it was not physically possible.  Roger’s belief in the possibility of running a 4 minute mile made his success possible.  After he achieved his goal, the four minute mile was achieved a further 70 times, because Roger had altered other peoples model of the world by his success, they believed it could be done and so they too achieved results.

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Beliefs can also be limiting.  If we believe something about ourselves, all of the time, then we behave as if that belief were true and so become the product of our limiting beliefs.  For example, if a person has a limiting belief that ‘I’m not good enough’, then they will behave as someone who is not good enough.  If a person believes that they can’t make enough money, then they will behave accordingly and never make enough money.  So what we believe generates our model of the world and dictates our behaviour.  Beliefs are very powerful and changing a limiting belief can transform your life entirely.  The good news is that it is easy to change your limiting beliefs and replace them with powerful positive beliefs, using the science of NLP and Time Line Therapy®.

Beliefs are not true and we act as if they are, therefore beliefs act as self-fulfilling prophecies. Removing a limiting belief will dissolve the neurological blockages to your thinking and generate empowerment and energy, enabling you to be, do or have exactly what you want.

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During our Enhanced NLP Coach Practitioner Certification Training we will not only demonstrate to you how to remove a limiting belief, we will teach you how to do it and you will have lots of opportunity to remove all your limiting beliefs right there in the training. Imagine now what you would create in your career and in your life if you believed you could. Guess what, you can! Join us and create the life that you want to have.

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