As we move towards a new year I thought that something I would address is an area that many people are challenged with in their business and personal life. It doesn’t matter if you run your own business or work for someone else. You can be the most confident person in the world and still be unable to banish limiting beliefs. It doesn’t matter who you are, at some point all of us have had a negative thought or limiting belief including Tony Robbins and the most positive person on the planet.

For those of you that know me you will know that I am typically a very positive person but I have to admit that there were several points this year where I had been particularly challenged and due to my health had several limiting beliefs and thoughts that were not of my usual positive nature. Leaving full time employment to turn my Passion Into Profit definitely does flag up a few limiting beliefs too!

Now as a trained master practioner in NLP and a coach I have access to tools and resources that help me banish these limiting beliefs when they occur. I wanted to share some of these techniques with you so that you have access to some powerful tools that you can use whenever you feel a limiting belief or negative thought coming up and banish it in an instant.

Limiting beliefs can be grouped into three main categories. Often by knowing the type of limiting belief it can be easier to remove it. They are as follows:

1. Hopelessness: You feel that your goal cannot be achieved under any circumstance
2. Helplessness: you feel that your goal can be achieved, but that you lack the ability to achieve it
3. Worthlessness: You feel that you don’t deserve to achieve this goal, because of something that you are/are not or have/have not done.

Before I provide some of the techniques on how you can banish limiting beliefs I wanted to put some context around this by sharing a video with you that will help you unlock your potential and show you that what you think about you bring about so it is critical that you find some tools that help you in banishing your limiting beliefs. Watch the clip below and then read on to find out some tools that you can use to banish limiting beliefs.

The first technique I will share with you is a simple one. The fastest way to banish a limiting belief is to look for evidence that disproves it. If you think you cannot do something try doing it. Once a belief has been proven wrong it looses its power. You can also ask yourself a range of thought-provoking questions such as “How does holding this belief serve my best interest?” or “if you had all the resources in the world, what evidence would you need to overcome this limiting belief?” Asking yourself questions from a resourceful place might remove the mind barriers or blocks you are experiencing at that time.

One technique that you may find particularly helpful when you feel a limiting belief coming up is to think about ‘Your resourceful self’ and look at the limiting belief from your stronger self’s point of view. Then get three or four pieces of A4 paper and in big letters write down what your strengths are (one strength on each piece of paper). Place the pieces of paper beside you and stand in the middle, with the pieces of paper on the floor around you. Then ask yourself how you can use the chosen strengths, one at a time, to assist in banishing your limiting belief. Focus on what strengths you can use to work through the situation and look for ways of how you can personally contribute positively.

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