Change Your Belief, Change Your Success

Morning Leaders,

Limiting beliefs have a profound effect on how we lead our life. Think about if you want to be a Manager, a Director or run your own business. If you believe you can fulfil the responsibilities of that role, how quickly do you think you will map out a path and run that goal down?

On the other hand, if you don’t believe deep down you can because of the skills, experience and general feeling, you are probably only going to put half the effort in or not even try?

Our beliefs which drive our behaviours can hinder significantly what humans are cable of. A lot of people never reach their full potential because of what they believe. They may have developed this belief a long time ago due to failure, the people they surround themselves with or even in childhood.

Tony Robbins shared a good example to help understand this. When visiting a circus he noted that there was this big giant elephant with just a small rope holding him down to the ground, this giant elephant could easily rip down the whole circus let alone the rope, but he doesn’t, why?

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Because the elephant is conditioned. The elephant doesn’t believe he is strong enough to pull the rope from the ground.

From a young age, the baby elephant is tied up with a big rope. The baby elephant will try to pull and struggle for a long time to get free, and then one day the baby elephant just accepts it cannot pull the rope out of the ground. This becomes the baby elephant’s identity, and he no longer tries. He accepts this belief.

The old Chinese proverb quoted:

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

We all have our own limiting beliefs. Whether it’s we’re no good at something or we’ll try when we have more experience. Whatever it is, just because we are not there today doesn’t mean we cannot be there tomorrow with the right mindset and belief in ourselves.

We can acquire new skills, new experiences and new knowledge and ultimately become a better version of ourselves.

Whatever you want or feel strongly about, believe you can achieve it and go after it with massive action.

All the best

David

Resources Of The Week

• Book - The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz. Practical, empowering and hugely engaging, this book will not only inspire you, but it will also give you the tools to change your life for the better - starting from now.

• Blog Article - Leading by Example. Mindtools is a fantastic resource for all employees. There are loads of resources for leaders to help develop their own competencies. Bookmark!

• Mindful App- leadership can be stressful and it’s difficult to switch off in the evenings as our emotions run away. Meditation has historically had a bit of a stigma attached to it, but it is becoming more and more mainstream. The benefits are overwhelming including reducing anxiety and better focus and self-esteem. Years ago running/jogging was not very mainstream, now look at it. I favor theCalm App as Tamara Levitt is a calming influence on me. Try something new today!

Quote of the Week

‘You begin to fly when you let go of self-limiting beliefs and allow your mind and aspirations to rise to greater heights.’ - Brian Tracy