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Beliefs are the core of our very being, who we deem ourselves to be, what we think we can and can’t do. They are convictions and opinions about ourselves and our the world in which we live and are the filters we use to determine the quality of our existence here on this planet. We usually think of beliefs in terms of creeds and doctrines, and that’s what beliefs are. Basically, a belief is any guiding principle, faith, or passion that can provide meaning and direction in life. Beliefs tell our brains what to do. When we consistently believe something is true, it becomes our reality and we behave accordingly. Handled well, beliefs can be an immensely powerful force for creating good in your life. Mishandled, beliefs that limit your actions and thoughts can have devastating consequences. In Anthony Robbins’ book “Unlimited Power”, he quotes the example of a group of patients with bleeding ulcers. They were divided into two groups. People in the first group were told they were being given a drug that would absolutely provide relief. Those in the second were told they were being given an experimental drug, but that very little was known about its effects. 70 percent of those in the first group experienced significant relief from their ulcers. Only 25 percent of the second group had a similar result. In both groups, patients received a drug with no medicinal properties at all. The only difference was the belief system they adopted. In another true story, doctors and scientists said it was impossible for man to run a mile in less than 4 minutes. Our bones, lungs, and heart could not take the strain. Then in May 6, 1954, at Oxford University in England, Roger Bannister blazed across the finish line, in a time of 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds. What was believed to be impossible had now been achieved by one man. What’s more remarkable that is that a mere 46 days after Bannister’s breakthrough, the record was broken again by a different runner. By the end of 1957, 16 runners had achieved what was believed to be impossible. The ‘four minute barrier’ has since been broken by many male athletes, and is now the standard of all male professional middle distance runners. In the last 50 years the mile record has been lowered by almost 17 seconds. In both these instances, the one constant that most powerfully affected the results was belief. If you believe in success, you’ll be empowered to achieve it. If you believe in failure, those messages will tend to lead you to experience that as well. Ultimately, whether you say you can do something or you say that you can’t, you’re absolutely right. What we don’t realize is, many of life’s barriers and obstacles come from within. We create limits for ourselves. But once those barriers are broken, we realize the biggest barriers are our beliefs. So where do beliefs come from? Why do some people have beliefs that push them towards success while others have beliefs that only help them fail? How do we turn our limiting beliefs into empowering ones? First, you need to find out where those limiting beliefs come from. It could be something that’s cultural, something you've been raised up believing. Perhaps it could be an event that happened to you that reinforced that belief. It could have been a significant event or something relatively minor, but it did have an impact on your belief system. More likely, experiencing a result we expect because of our limiting beliefs simply reinforces it. Once you have identified your limiting beliefs, you need to hold on to the fact that these beliefs can be overcome. You need to challenge these beliefs by experiencing something that tears them apart. Something that you previously thought impossible, that you could never do. Once you break through these limiting beliefs, that’s when you can start to create new empowering beliefs that will change your results and change your life. Success Resources: http://www.srpl.net/
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