All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs. Anthony Robbins
Have you ever thought:
I just can’t do that
That’s just not for me
I lack the ability to
I’m just not good enough to
I just don’t deserve to be
I would love to ….. but I’m just not that kind of person
What is your limiting belief ?
How does it affect your attitude and your behavior?
Have your limiting beliefs become self fulfilling prophecies?
If you want to face and change your limiting beliefs, this is a very interesting NLP exercise:
Museum of Old Beliefs
1. Do you recognize that you have a limiting belief? How would you describe this belief? How does it influence your behavior? How has it served you at a certain time?
2. Can you see that this belief could actually be untrue? Do you have evidence that goes against this limiting belief? When was the first time you had this belief? Have you seen other people change? Do you believe you can change?
3. Maybe this old belief once served you, but now you no longer feel comfortable with it. You don’t have to get totally rid of your old belief, you can put it in into a Museum of Old Beliefs that you can visit when you want and have a look at it, but it will not be part of your life any more.
What is the size, shape, color, texture, location and the smell of your Museum? You can put your old belief in the Museum and leave it there
4. Now, what belief would serve you better at this point in your life? How would you describe this belief? How would you name it?
5. Do you sense that this new belief could be true? Are you open to believing something different from your old belief? Are you ready to embrace a new belief? Can you think of a time in the past when you were open to a new belief? How did you feel then? How do you feel about your new belief now?
6. What are your most dearly held beliefs? How would your life be if you held this new belief in the same way? Can you close your eyes and see, hear, feel, smell how and who you are embracing this new belief? What will you do now that you have this new belief?
If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance. George Bernard Shaw.
Contribution of Peter Strijdonk