Introduction
Self-limiting beliefs derail your career. Yes, indeed. Self-limiting beliefs can alter your thoughts and ideas at any moment and can affect the way you work. It is important to recognize that we keep thinking the same thoughts over and over again. We do this until they become so ingrained in our subconscious mind that we are not aware of them. Yet, we can alter these false beliefs, like any other habit. This is excellent news! By doing this internal work, you will alter your work performance and productivity for the better as a result.
5 Steps to Shift Your Limiting Beliefs About Your Performance for Good
Don’t let your self-limiting beliefs derail your career. How are you your own worst enemy? We limit ourselves so much. We live in our heads and we create all these ways to prevent getting anything accomplished. Even though deep down we know we’re good enough, and how much we’re fully capable of getting things done.
How to Correct Your Belief in Your Performance
The only way to get past these self-sabotaging beliefs and behaviors is to take active, intentional steps to remedy your thinking.
5 Steps to Shift Your Limiting Beliefs for Good
Let’s look at 5 steps that will shift your limiting beliefs for good and don’t let self-limiting beliefs derail your career.
1. Stop
Wait a minute; what were you thinking? If a thought feels off about something, it’s time to stop and examine this idea much closer. Is this perhaps a self-limiting belief?
2. Think About What You’re Saying
Where is the inaccuracy in this thought? You’ve already figured out there’s something wrong with it, or you wouldn’t be going through this process. This means something about it is not ringing true. When you understand where the “invention” is, it becomes easier to know how to counter it.
3. Look for the Proof
Is there any proof this self-limiting thought is true? Let’s examine the part you feel is not correct. Here’s where you need to take a step back from the situation if you can and look very impartially at what’s going on. Is any grain of truth in what you’re thinking?
4. Take Control
If what you were thinking is misinformation, it’s relatively easy to counter the false aspects of the belief with the truth. But what if this thought was at least partially true? You start by reminding yourself this isn’t always the case. For example, you might be thinking you are always late for work. Maybe you’re, in fact, behind-schedule sometimes. To perform this step, you would need to recall various instances when you were on time. By countering the partial truth, you are taking control of the situation. And you are not allowing the self-limiting beliefs derail your career or to have any sway over you.
5. Get Help
Sometimes it can be challenging for you alone to remove self-limiting beliefs that derail your career. In these instances, you will benefit to talk to a co-worker, a supervisor, or even a counselor, to help you see the reality. There is nothing wrong with getting help, especially from someone who is in a position to be impartial.
Remember
Your mind is a collection of thought patterns that you can alter at any time, if you comprehend that they are essentially habits. You may think about them as mental routines, as they are habituated notions that we think about over and over again until they become ingrained in our subconscious mind. Changing any bad thinking habits is feasible, and with this deeper internal work, your external world will adjust because you will be addressing the root of the issue.
Beliefs are simply thought patterns that are unique to you and you can alter them at any moment. By recognizing this, you can change your habits. On the one hand, we keep certain thoughts and stories in our subconscious mind over and over again until they are so deeply ingrained that we are unaware of them. But, the great news is that you will see your external world change as a result of doing this inner work because you will get to the heart of the problem.
Summary
Self-limiting beliefs don’t have to control your job performance. Your wrong subconscious beliefs about your work performance shouldn’t derail your career. So, by examining your thoughts, especially those that seem to hold back your work performance, you will find it much easier to move forward toward your career goals. That will allow you to strive for and realize the success you deserve.