MILLIONAIRE SUCCESS HABITS
think, good; write down what you consider to be your reality. Remember Gena’s “before” story or use the previous bulleted list to spark yours. Now let’s dig a little deeper and find the limiting beliefs that crafted this deeply imbedded story. Just so you know, these stories may have been with you for many years—they may stretch back to early childhood. The crazy part is that in most cases, the stories that disempower us have been instilled in us by the people we’ve encountered along life’s journey. These stories create the excuses our subconscious gives us for not living up to our full potential. By the end of this chapter, I want you to be able to dig out from under your limiting beliefs and stories and throw them away for good. So let me share a scenario here that hopefully can help you dig deeper and achieve this objective. If your grandparents went through the Great Depression, they most likely have extremely conservative beliefs about sav- ing money. They might say and believe things like, “You have to play it safe. You have to get a job regardless if you like it or if it aligns with the person you are. Taking a risk can be devastating.” And here’s the thing: People went through hell during the Depression. Many in that generation couldn’t even put food on the table for their families. At that period in histo- ry there wasn’t much margin for error—the focus was on sur- vival. A huge part of the population took any job they could find; if they hadn’t saved every penny, they could have lost everything. If that was the experience of your grandparents, they prob- ably raised your parents with a frugal, cautious mind-set. They may have instilled their “Depression era” beliefs in your parents, and they trickled down to you. Those beliefs may be holding you back and you don’t even realize it. Maybe you want to branch out on your own, expand your business, or take a new job, but fear has you locked in place and you don’t even know why. In this case, I know why! It’s a generational limiting belief or sto- ry that was handed down to you from your parents and their
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