311 – Overcoming Limiting Beliefs (Or How to Slay Your Dragons)

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Exceptional leadership requires mastery over our limiting beliefs

Everyone has limiting beliefs & self-doubt to some degree.

• Regardless of success…it is the “dragon” that all of us have to learn how to “slay”
• You can’t avoid it – this resistance is real for everyone

So what is a “belief”?

• Beliefs aren’t necessarily “right” or “wrong”
• Instead, beliefs are “empowering” or “limiting”
• Beliefs can literally hold you back.

Tactics to overcome limiting beliefs; ask yourself these questions in order:

• Ask yourself: “Is this belief true?” (You will probably say “yes”)
• Ask yourself: “Is this belief beyond a shadow of a doubt?”
• Ask yourself: “How does this belief make you feel?”
• Ask yourself: “What would the opposite thought (belief) be?”
• The goal is to reveal the empowering belief that will allow you to take action

The reality is:

• You have to believe that you do matter…
• You have to believe that you can make a difference…
• It’s not a question of “Will I make a difference? but “What difference will I make?”
• A subtle but powerful mindset shift

Whatever it is you need to lead…you already have it inside of you…

• We are always one decision away from radically changing our lives
• You never know where that first step is going to take you

The main difference between leaders & non-leaders?

• Leaders take the first step!
• The greatest obstacle in this journey is always going to be you!
• You don’t have to look outward for leadership….you look inward.
• It begins with you…

The main difference between leaders & non-leaders?

• Leaders take the first step!Leadership is about influencing others…especially those closest to you
• Think about how much influence you have on those around you
• Playing small does not serve the world
• Overcoming our limiting beliefs we unconsciously give others permission to do the same