by Cristina M.

Created on: October 16, 2009   Last Updated: October 18, 2009

Limiting beliefs, your enemies of progress

Many people want to have more money, better relationships, in general, a better quality of life. How many of them are realizing that while striving to make true their desires, they also working against them?

How likely will you be to increase your comfort in life while having one or more of the following limiting beliefs? "You have to work hard to make money. I'm not deserving. Money is a struggle. Life is difficult. I'm not good enough."

By definition, beliefs are assumptions, explanations, conclusions and states of mind which we choose to help us make sense out of our experiences.

It is very easy to see that beliefs serve a purpose and help us make sense of our world.

As they are impacting our attitude and behavior, we need to be aware that some of them can also undermine, subconsciously, our actions and behavior, bringing down the quality of the life we could have.

There are two kinds of beliefs, the explicit ones, that we think about, and the implicit ones, the ones who lie below the surface, but, nonetheless, have the same impact on our behavior.

The general belief about beliefs is that they are hard to change. I thought this also until I watched the 30 minutes video of Morty Lefkoe. I'm not in any way affiliated with it, a reason why I will not put a link here. It is very easy to find his site, select what is the belief you hold and would like to change and watch the video.

I'm not an easy convert or follower of too good to be true ideas, products, etc. I am, though, interested in personal development and I am reading a lot of things, keeping an open mind.

The process explained in the video worked for me and I will try to make sense of it in the following paragraphs. I haven't absorbed everything in this video, I will need to see it few more times to understand all the steps in the process. Still, you can have a good idea and see if it is worth it for you to go through it.

The main idea is that events have no inherent meaning. You assign a meaning to them based on what makes sense to you at the moment.

I will talk about the belief "I'm not good enough". You can think about something else and continue reading, as it the same process.

To know if you hold this belief is not enough what you think about it. You may think it's silly or illogical. Say it out loud and see how it feels. If it's not true for you, you will feel no negative emotion what so ever. You may well say "The world is flat." or "I'm a woman" when you are a

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