Are You Seeking the Approval of Your Limiting Beliefs?

You don’t have to overcome limiting beliefs in order to take action. Thinking that you need to get all your beliefs in order is really just a delay tactic, isn’t it? Fixing your beliefs is an unnecessary prerequisite for action. Thinking that you need to fix your beliefs first is akin to convincing a doubtful parent that you’re gonna go out and succeed. Nothing you say will convince them. Even if you go out and succeed, they probably still won’t be convinced. If you tell people you’re going to be an entrepreneur, for instance, and they laugh at you, do you need to convince them first? Do you need to have a conversation with them to prove your commitment? Hell no. Just say, “F. their lame-ass doubts!” And get busy taking action anyway. Will your enormous future success convince them eventually? Probably not, even if you achieve great success. They’ll still find ways to doubt you or to downplay or dismiss your success. Walt Disney lamented that his father Elias Disney never understood the success Walt achieved. That didn’t stop Walt from taking action though. Walt succeeded a lot and failed a lot. Even after winning many Academy Awards, Walt still didn’t get to win his father’s approval. And what if your failures are bigger and more frequent than your successes? Oh no! Then people may say, “I told you so!” Who cares? That’s meaningless feedback. It’s easy to predict failure ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Abundance Emotions Source Type: blogs