6 Toxic Beliefs That Hinder Your Success
Oftentimes,
the only barrier that prevents you from becoming successful is your own mind.
If you don’t control your brain, it will control you. When the latter is your
case, you likely gathered tons of toxic beliefs and negative affirmations which
taint your life and limit your perspective. It’s a mental cage that enslaves
many people, sometimes for good. The fact is, you can and should eradicate the
harmful thoughts and finally break the bars of your mind cage.
The
purpose of this article is to point the damaging beliefs so you could find out
whether they took up residence in your brain and separate yourself from the negative energy.
1. “It’s
not the right time.”
Procrastination
is a dangerous disease and if you don’t take action, it will eventually eat all
your dreams for breakfast. Achieving something extraordinary scares our minds
since it requires leaving your comfort zone and facing the unknown.
The truth
is, however, every single remarkable achievement involves discomfort.
Fortunately, the final result is worth the effort. But to start getting closer
to your goal, you need to stop believing that today isn’t the right time to
start.
Based on
my experience, putting any of my goals off was a bad decision. It’s when I
finally began working toward something that I realized there’s no reasonable
excuse for postponing. Every time you do it, you harm yourself only because a
fictional belief your mind serves you.
From now
on, accept the fact that it’s always better to start, fail and then get up
stronger and wiser, instead of waiting for the perfect moment (which never
arrives).
2. “I’m not good enough.“
If you base your opinion completely on your
mind and you didn’t train it yet to work for you, you are probably stuck. Lack
of self-belief can be extremely damaging, but in reality, there’s no fair
reason not to believe in yourself. You are the first person that need to truly
believe in your abilities.
Once you make a switch, the rest will adapt
your assumption. It never happens the other way around. What I’m getting at is
that being good enough or being inadequate is only a state of mind and not an
absolute fact. That’s why you should
always believe in your competences even
when you face the worst moment in your life. Self-belief leads to more
confidence in your strengths which is required to survive the tests life throws
at you.
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re
right.”
Henry Ford
3. “I’m not an expert.“
There’s a weird assumption in some people’s
brains that you need to be really good at something to be allowed to do it.
Although they believe experts are born, in real life you need to start from
scratch and go through moments of uncertainty so that one day you become savvy
and experienced.
If you are completely inept at something,
that’s the perfect point to begin at. Sometimes we fool ourselves believing in
the overnight success the Television tries to inspire us with. In fact, behind
every true expert there is a story of a beginner who went through countless
failures, tons of hard work and constant practice.
4. “I will surely fail.”
It’s impossible to foretell the future, yet
many people spare no effort to envision the worst scenario. It’s very likely
that you’ll fail at something completely new, but it doesn’t mean you can’t
succeed as well. In fact, every successful person admits that failure is an
inseparate part of their success. One cannot exist without the other.
What you need to believe is that failing is
momentary. Even if it feels like forever, achieving your goal is closer than
you think, so don’t give up and try once again.
Do you know what’s bitter than failure? It’s
asking yourself a regretful question, namely “what if”. What if I tried one
more time, maybe I would succeed? You don’t know until you do it.
5. “I will start once I have more…”
More time, more money and more willpower? The
fact is, none of these things happens by accident. It’s always a result of
preparation, work, and perseverance. You need to abandon the toxic belief that
a better environment for success will originate by itself.
To have more time, you must eliminate the
unnecessary commitments and learn to say no. To have more money, you must take care of
your financial stability or maybe create your
own business.
The very same thing applies to willpower —
it’s earned, not given. Once you realize that you are the master of your
universe, you are on the right path to success.
6. “I’m not lucky.”
Whereas successful people take a full
responsibility for their achievements, the crowd tends to believe the luck made
them outstanding. The truth is, luck plays a role, but it’s a drop in the ocean
of hard work, right attitude and persistence.
My advice would be to exclude luck from your
visions. Assume that it doesn’t matter at all and everything can be influenced
by your actions. Actually, that’s truth and you realize it at the moment you
see the results of your efforts.
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