The 5 Most Destructive Limiting Beliefs and What to do About Them

A limiting belief is something that you falsely believe to be true about yourself and it prevents you from moving forward. A lot of the time you don't even realize that you are operating under false, limiting beliefs since they just seem natural. Many times you would make a decision because it is the rational thing to do, "reality" just dictates how you have to live. For the most part that simply is not true! Self doubt and limiting beliefs are not rational and they don't have to be part of your reality. Time to clear them out by identifying and limiting the top five limiting beliefs.

1. I don't love myself or I hate myself. Now this one that isn't always visible. It is the #1 reason so many people are unhappy and not living the lives they want to be. It shows up in many ways so watch for it. When you do notice it, make the effort to challenge this limiting belief. Learn to love yourself, value your talents and congratulate your successes.

2. I don't deserve it. This is a huge one too. It often comes up around money, especially when deciding to invest in yourself or not. So many people will easily spend thousands to send their kids to camp, but debate if they should spend the same amount to go to a workshop to upgrade their skills. This will limit your potential every time. Be aware to the types of situations where this belief will pop up, and then ask if it's valid. Compare it to your life vision and priorities. If you have a vision of a successful home-based business, and a priority of educating yourself around this, then you need to be honoring that vision.

3. I can do it myself or I can't ask for help. This probably comes from your days at school. To ask for help was cheating, or it meant that you were too dumb or lazy to do it on your own. Now you're under the impression that the way to true independence, success and happiness is to be completely self sufficient. That couldn't be furthest from the truth. The most successful people ask for help. Focus on your talents, and let others help you with the rest. Your life will instantly improve.

4. There is never enough. This one also comes down to money and self worth. You were told that "money doesn't grow on trees." You have to work your butt of and then you might see results. Never enough clients, never enough "stuff." This is the reason we're a nation of overweight, cluttered, mass consumers! Guess what...this is just another limiting belief. Focus on abundance, and abundance is what you will find.

5. Life is hard. Again, this is a matter of self-fulfilling prophecy. When you focus on the fact that life is hard, and that you need to work really, really hard to succeed, guess what your experience will be? And so you might be tempted to tell yourself that it's not worth it. Time to reassess your life vision and priorities. If you want success in your career, don't get lazy because you think it's too hard. Find something you enjoy and work on that. Life is only hard if you make it that way.

Now that you are aware of the five most common limiting beliefs, you can acknowledge them more readily and challenge them. It's very important that you are aware of them, because if you are not they will prevent you from happiness, success, health and wealth consistently.