by Mario Carini

Created on: January 04, 2010   Last Updated: January 08, 2010

We all grow up into a set of beliefs that are often not a reflection of reality. The beliefs of parents, teachers in the school system and personal experiences shape our thoughts and limit the potential inherent in everyone. What we become is based on the assumptions we've learned and too often become so ingrained that they impact on the value of life itself.

Many in today's world are filled with fear. They doubt their abilities to be better than they could be. Despite the many advancements that have occurred through the ages by men and women who were not locked in to limiting beliefs, the average citizen lives life far beneath his potential.

The first step to releasing the self-imposed shackles is to learn to love who you are. No one is perfect and no one can ever reach perfection in a single lifetime. But that doesn't mean that you cannot love yourself for who you are. Successful men and women know what they are capable of, but don't spend years berating themselves over their faults and shortcomings. They make up for their shortcomings by honing their unique talents, skills and abilities. They work on themselves. What they don't know, they delegate to someone who has those strengths where they are weakest.

Loving yourself simply means appreciating who you are without getting selfish or greedy.

Everyone deserves to succeed. Yet many don't as they find convenient excuses that keep them within the confines of their comfort zone. They can't because...they're too old...too young...have little education or came from a poor family or a rough environment. All these are put downs and is one of the major reasons why so many create physical and mental illnesses for themselves. Take a look at those who have formed bad habits. Rather than realize their right to succeed, they look to the bottle, food, sex and drugs to escape the need to take action to improve their lives.

Among the limiting beliefs is the idea that money is somehow evil. Money itself holds no evil, but the belief that money is somehow sinful keeps many people shackled to a job they don't love and a lifestyle of want. Why is it so easy for those same people who consider money evil to charge up purchases they really can't afford? After all, plastic doesn't look anything like a dollar. So those who consider the sinfulness of money don't see credit cards as particularly evil.

The problem with overcoming limiting beliefs is due to the lifestyle many live. The torrid pace of life doesn't allow a moment

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