Brain Training For Success – Lesson 2.5 – Break Away From Self-Limiting Thought Patterns

Welcome to Lesson #13 of the Brain Training for Success course!

Hopefully, your limiting beliefs are becoming a thing of the past. The 7-step process in the previous lesson is effective if applied consistently.

Old beliefs can be stubborn, so decide to be even more stubborn!

In this lesson, we continue our rebellion against limiting beliefs by examining how self-limiting thought patterns impede success.

Have negative thoughts ever hindered your efforts to live, learn, and grow?

Your personal beliefs about yourself and your life matter more than you realize. In fact, those beliefs become the very foundation upon which you build your life.

Why not recognize your own self-sabotaging thoughts and learn how to correct them?

Some Common Self-limiting Thoughts Are

• “I’ll never be able to save any money for retirement.”
• “I guess I won’t ever fall in love again.”
• “Why can’t I find any trustworthy friends?”
• “I’ll be fat forever.”
• “I’m sure Pat will get that promotion over me.”
• “I wish I could take a vacation to Europe, but I know I could never afford it.”
• “How will I ever live the life I want earning what I earn now?”

If you identified some of your own limiting thoughts while reading the above examples, then you should take steps to break your cognitive ties to those thinking patterns by focusing on the following strategies to start thinking in a new direction.

Refrain From Labeling Yourself

If you see yourself as “poor” financially, then you might unconsciously strive to match that label.

Or if you think of yourself as “fat” you may be unable to imagine yourself as beautiful and thin.

Take Baby Steps

When you continually move towards your goals, you’ll gain the momentum to keep on going. Rather than think you’re unable to achieve success, decide on the steps to take to ensure you do.

Let’s use the example of the European vacation. Instead of believing you’ll never get there, establish a small weekly savings goal of $20, and keep putting the money aside until you have enough.

Learn To Be Your Own Best Friend

Love yourself enough to be your own best friend. Do this by giving yourself the benefit of the doubt.

Think positive thoughts such as, “I can do this.” When you practise this, you’ll reject self-limiting thoughts.

Believe In Yourself

Instead of insisting you’ll “never” do something, say that you can, and then do it.

If you turn those negatives into positives, it boosts your self-esteem. Trust that you can accomplish, succeed, and prevail.

Assess The Truth

Ask yourself, “Is what I’m thinking really true?”

For example, is it an absolute reality that you’ll NEVER be able to save ANY money AT ALL for retirement? It doesn’t have to be true, unless you strive for that.

Change your mindset by beginning your “retirement fund” today. At the end of the day, put all your change into a jar. Do this at the end of each day to ensure it isn’t true.

Question your self-limiting thoughts.

When you realize they’re unrealistic, untrue, and within your power to change, you’ll be able to break away.

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