Breaking Through Self-Doubt and Limiting Beliefs to Achieve Your Goals
Everyone has wished to be someone exceptional, someone important, at some time in their lives.Who hasn't wished to be the one to hit the game-winning home run?
Who hasn't wished to be the homecoming queen?
And how many times have we fantasized about being wealthy, successful, or content in our relationships?
We frequently have lofty goals and expectations.
Unfortunately, our fantasies stay just that: fantasies.
And our dreams tend to accumulate dust in our attics.
This is a heartbreaking turn of events in our lives.
Instead of having fascinating adventures in self-actualization, we get caught up in the drudgery of simply existing from day to day.
But guess what? If only we could learn to strive higher, life might be so much better.
- The word "impossible" is the most prevalent barrier to goal setting.
- Most folks get hung up on the fact that I can't do it.
- It's too difficult.
- It's just not doable.
- No one is capable of doing so.
However, if everyone believed this, there would be no inventions, advancements, or achievements in human achievement.
Remember how scientists were perplexed when they first saw the lowly bumblebee?
- They claimed that the bumblebee could not fly in theory.
- Unfortunately for the bumble, no one has informed it of this.
- So far, so good.
- On the other side, some people suffer from having really outlandish aspirations and failing to act on them.
- As a result, Dreams shattered and goals were shattered.
You will never be able to break through what you consider insurmountable if you confine yourself to self-doubt and self-limiting ideas.
If you stretch too far into the sky without working toward your objective, you will end yourself clutching to an unreachable fantasy.
Try out this activity.
Take a piece of paper and jot down your life objectives.
Make a list of 'things you know you can do' under one heading.
Write the things 'you might be able to do' under a different heading.
List the things that are 'difficult for you to do under another heading.
Take a look at all of the headings and make an effort every day to achieve the goals listed under 'things you know you can do.
' When you can complete them, check them off your list.
As you gradually cross off all of your objectives under that heading, consider checking off the goals under the other header—the one that says 'you might be able to do.'
As the items you listed under "things I could do" are completed, you may transfer the objectives listed under "impossible for you to achieve" to the list of "things you might be able to do."
As you repeat this process, you will discover that previously insurmountable tasks become more achievable.
And the seemingly impossible begins to become plausible after all.
The technique here is to not restrict your creativity.
It is to set a lofty objective and then gradually work toward it.
It is, nevertheless, prudent to create a completely unachievable goal.
Those who only fantasize about achieving a goal without putting in the effort will be disappointed and disillusioned.
On the other hand, if you told someone a century ago that man could walk on the moon, they would laugh at you.
If you told them you could send letters from here to the other side of the planet in a matter of seconds, they would think you were insane.
But, by pure determination and endurance, these seemingly unachievable aspirations have become a reality.
Thomas Edison reportedly claimed that brilliance is 1% inspiration and 95% perspiration. Nothing could be more accurate.
Work and discipline are required for one to achieve his or her goals.
But keep in mind that 1% has to be a great desire, not something that can be realized quickly.
Any gym rat will tell you that there can be no gains unless you force yourself out of your comfort zone.
Remember the adage, "No pain, no gain?" That is as accurate as it gets.
So go ahead and fantasize, pal! Don't get bogged down by your apparent restrictions.
Think big and work hard to achieve your goals.
As you move up the progression ladder, you will see that the impossible has become a tiny bit more probable.