𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 Limiting Beliefs !
𝐴 𝑡𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑐 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠.
I actually dislike talking about things like this in the open…
But I just realized its due to a false belief I grew up holding unto…𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴.
𝐒𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐞 Limiting Beliefs?
I will help you understand this by sharing a story…
I was discussing with a friend recently, and he shared with me how he was punished by his dad during his primary school days because he purchased an MP3 using the money he saved from his stipends.
𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡’𝑠 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡?
1. The dad could’ve been concerned that his child preferred a “common” MP3 to feeding well at school.
2. Or Maybe his child is no longer taking his studies seriously at school, but prefers playing music with his MP3.
A lot more could’ve gone wrong..
𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗣𝟯 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 ₦𝟮𝟱𝟬 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹.
But the dad never believed a child of his age can be wise enough to save money to invest in anything at all.The boy was just 7 years old…
So for the dad, the child could have “̵s̵t̵o̵l̵e̵n̵”̵ the money to satisfy his cravings for an MP3.
𝑺𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒖𝒑 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒉.
𝐹𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑖𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑠ℎ𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟, ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙, 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠.
This continued till his 20’s and of course, he was uncomfortable about his current mindset and overall situation.𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.
To summarize,
“Limiting Beliefs 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡”. They tend to have a negative impact on one’s life by stopping them from moving forward and growing on a personal and professional level.
Limiting Beliefs 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑎𝑦 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛, ℎ𝑖𝑠/ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠, 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠.
In my case, one of the limiting beliefs I grew up with is that talking about your achievements or posting them online is showing off…but I have grown past this one…lol
𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 Limiting Beliefs 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:
1. Believing that your current situation is your parent’s fault or someone else’s fault.
2. Thinking that every opportunity you see online is after your money, even if it’s free
3. Believing in luck, omens, and other superstitions as the determinant of your success
4. Believing you are not worthy enough, etc.
𝐒𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐢𝐝 𝐎𝐟 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬?
It is important first to find out what your limiting beliefs are! {No One can do this for you}…then;
1. 𝕽𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖌𝖓𝖎𝖟𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖆𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖕𝖙 𝖎𝖙 𝖎𝖘 𝖆 𝖑𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖋… 𝕿𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖆𝖑𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖔𝖕𝖊𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖉𝖔𝖔𝖗𝖘 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖎𝖒𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖛𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙.
2. 𝕷𝖊𝖙 𝖌𝖔 𝖔𝖋 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖑𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖋𝖘…𝖇𝖚𝖙 𝖗𝖊𝖒𝖊𝖒𝖇𝖊𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖔𝖓𝖑𝖞 𝖑𝖊𝖙 𝖌𝖔, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖉𝖔𝖓𝖙 𝖋𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒.
3. 𝕿𝖔 𝖘𝖚𝖈𝖈𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖋𝖚𝖑𝖑𝖞 𝖑𝖊𝖙 𝖌𝖔, 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖓𝖊𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖔 𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖚𝖕 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖛𝖆𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖊𝖘 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖇𝖞𝖌𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖑𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖇𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖊𝖋 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖈𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖓 𝖞𝖔𝖚𝖗 𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖉.
4. 𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖚𝖕 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖘𝖊 𝖛𝖆𝖈𝖆𝖓𝖙 𝖘𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖊𝖘 𝖇𝖞;
- -𝑅𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑒 (𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑑𝑎𝑦)- 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒
- – 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.
5. 𝕭𝖊𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖘𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖓𝖙 𝖎𝖓 𝖈𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖞𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝖔𝖚𝖙 𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖇𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖙𝖆𝖘𝖐𝖘 𝖙𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖙 𝖇𝖊𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖘 𝖕𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚.
Yeah 
It’s a real hustle!
But I am working hard to release all my limiting beliefs.
At the moment, I listen to daily affirmations from Purify App to help me feel positive daily…And if you would like to get it, I included the link in the email you will receive after you signup to receive the free E-book on this website.
See you on the other side! 
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