The Power of Your Story
parents before them. You are living with the ideals of someone from the Great Depression even though you are not living in that period. It is simply an invisible fight, or as I’ve called it, the villain within that is causing you to be stagnant. These beliefs can limit all areas of your life—from the reli- gion you follow, to the political party you gravitate toward, to the type of person you choose in a relationship. Your limiting beliefs are sneaky and guide so much of what you do and who you become. Wouldn’t you call it crazy if someone suggested that someone else was controlling your mind? Well, in many ways this is exactly what is happening in your life. So focus on the beliefs and stories that are limiting you in different ways. When you consider doing something new or challenging like starting a business or trying to make more money or get in decent physical shape, what do you say out loud or to yourself? Write down the beliefs or stories that come to mind and what you want to improve. Don’t worry if they repeat what you wrote earlier in the chapter; they should be similar. This is all about extracting the beliefs that currently guide your life. Next, write where these beliefs came from. If you’re like many people, you’ll examine your stories and beliefs and say, “Wow, that’s my dad’s belief, that’s my college professor’s be- lief, or that’s my ex-spouse’s belief.” Even though they may have come from these people, if they live inside you for long enough, they will become your reality as well. So we need to identify them and see how artificial they are in most cases. You must see that they are not your beliefs but rather beliefs handed to you by others. So now that you have identified them, I want to guide you on a path to not only prove your story isn’t true, but also show you how to reverse it and make a new, limitless, empowering story that powers you toward all different types of life success.
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