The Undeniable Level Up | Destroying Limited Beliefs

Today we are going to cover destroying limited beliefs. Limited beliefs are false beliefs that prevent us from pursuing our goals and desires.

Limited beliefs are beliefs that we hold about ourselves that prevent us from following our desires or dreams. They stop us from being our best selves and limit our happiness. These limited beliefs can be beliefs such as I am too old to pursue a career in music, or I'm not interesting, or I'm too shy to speak publicly.

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Show Notes

Intro:

Sage from Sage & Sol reading from 'Think & Grow Rich' by Napoleon Hill.

Hello and welcome to the Undeniable Level Up Podcast. Last week we discussed the difficult topic of "Failing Forward". We covered how to best learn from failure, avoiding shifting blame in order to garner the greatest learning opportunities, how to encourage excusable failure in your teams to drive innovation as well as how to avoid lethal failures.

Today we are going to cover destroying limited beliefs and we have Sol, co-founder of Sage & Sol, joining us via Zoom from the Lover's State of Virginia. Hello Sol, and welcome to Level Up.

Now I first learned about limited beliefs through the Sage & Sol podcast, I believe it was Episode 15, Identifying Limited Beliefs.

Wow, that was a very emotional experience for you. A link to the Sage & Sol podcast has been provided for our listeners to check out that podcast and learn how to identify their potential limited beliefs. And when we selected this topic for discussion, I told Crystal that we had to have you on.

So what is a limited belief?

(Allow Sol to answer this question)

Read Quote: Mary Kay Ash says, "Don't limit yourself. Many people limit themselves to what they can do. You can go as far as your mind lets you. What you believe, remember, you can achieve."

Limited beliefs are false beliefs that prevent us from pursuing our goals and desires.

Limited beliefs are beliefs that we hold about ourselves that prevent us from following our desires or dreams. They stop us from being our best selves and limit our happiness. These limited beliefs can be beliefs such as I am too old to pursue a career in music, or I'm not interesting, or I'm too shy to speak publicly.

These beliefs become our truths and eventually cause us to act in accordance with those beliefs.

Q: What are some limited beliefs about yourself? Where do you think these beliefs originated from? Have you overcome these limited beliefs? How do you avoid slipping back into that mindset?

Limited beliefs do not only apply to how we see our selves. We can also have limited beliefs about how we see and experience the world. This includes thoughts such as rich people are either born rich or they get lucky, all relationships end in divorce, money is the root of all evil.

These types of beliefs about the world can stunt your professional growth, limit your ability to accumulate wealth and even impact your relationships.

Q: What are some limited beliefs that you've held about the world? Do you still hold these beliefs? How did you overcome these beliefs?

Limited beliefs also apply to life in general and can impact what we experience in our lives. We can fantasize about how life should be and create a limited belief that reflects that fantasy, such as happiness is being married, 2.5 kids and house with picket fence, or success is a fancy title with a six digit salary.

We can also talk ourselves out of accomplishing goals and objectives by saying things like there's not enough time in a day, love doesn't last, all people are selfish.

Q: What are some limited beliefs that you've held about life? Do you still hold these beliefs? How did you overcome these beliefs?

So how can you overcome your limited beliefs?

Read: Mark Manson provides four (4) questions to help you overcome a limited belief. The first is:

Ask yourself, "What if I'm wrong?"
Ask yourself, "How is this belief serving me?"
Create alternative beliefs
Test those alternatives to see if they might be true

Q: How have you overcome your limited beliefs? What was the hardest part of changing your mindset? Are you still challenged by limited beliefs?

Read Quote: Louise Hay says, "If you accept a limiting belief, then it will become a truth for you."

It's time to level up and identify where you are holding yourself back from achieving greatness, from living your best life and being the best version of yourself. I encourage you to:

Write down a list of your top limited beliefs, whether they are personal, limiting belief's about life or limiting beliefs about the world.
Identify what instilled this particular belief
Determine your new positive belief
Look for evidence to support your new positive belief
Imagine the worst case scenario and how you will overcome it
Recite affirmations

Give an Example:

I'm too old to go back to school and get my degree
This belief stems from the fact that I have college aged kids that are in school and going back to school makes me look like I'm backsliding
My new belief is you are never too old to learn and grow
Other people my age

I want to thank Cecilia for joining us today and sharing with us. It was great having you on. Cecilia, where can people find you and listen to your podcast?

Life is already too short and challenging enough that we don't need to make it harder by creating beliefs that limit our ability to achieve and succeed. It's time to break those limited beliefs and create beliefs that serve us in a way that allows us to be our very best selves.

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Creators & Guests

Host

Jose Medina

What is The Undeniable Level Up ?

A personal and professional podcast focused on the development of leaders, entrepreneurs and business.

Hello again and welcome to the next episode of Level Up, the podcast that focuses on leadership, self improvement and continued growth throughout our everyday lives. I'm Jose, your host and I am joined by my co-host, and the CEO of All-American Lumping LLC, one of the fastest growing national 3PL Logistics and Freight Handling companies in the U.S., Crystal Garcia.

Last week we discussed "Defining Success"…how we define success for ourselves. What that looks like for us as individuals and we also touched on failure and what that looks like as well. You can't have one without the other, right?

Today we are going show you how you can be a "Goal Digger". Not a Gold Digger. But a GOAL DIGGER

So first thing's first, what the hell is a GOAL Digger?

Read Excerpt: Neffi, a blogger posted in the Buzz Blog that…

A “GOAL digger” …is someone who is ambitious and clear of the things they want. Goal diggers have dreams, goals and aspirations for independence, success, and their version of happiness. They “dig in” and do the work to become the person they strive to be.

Being a “GOAL digger” is all mindset. It’s the basic of setting goals for your life and doing what it takes to achieve them. Whether they are goals set in your education, your career, your personal life, or some other area. You are setting goals for whatever it is you desire that will define success to you. Tackling obstacles and burdens that may get in your way, being determined, persevering, sometimes a little suffering with blood, sweat, and tears.

A GOAL digger never stops working towards their goals.

What have you done to get better today?

Q: What do you think about Neffi's definition of a Goal Digger?

Goals provide you with direction, purpose and motivation. They are the destination in the your mental GPS that allows to see where you want to go in life or business. Without goals, you're just aimlessly moving through life, business is just one sale after another without any true purpose. This can be frustrating if you are trying to achieve something specific.

This typically ends in frustration, disappointment and in severe cases, depression.

Q: How did you overcome that obstacle and how were you able to double your earning potential in just a few months?

Q: Have you ever tried to achieve something without having a specific goal in mind? What happened and how did that play out?

One of the three critical criteria for being a Goal Digger, is that a Goal Digger sets VERY, VERY SPECIFIC goals. The more specific the better. A vague or wishy-washy goal is nothing more than a desire. A lot of people have heard about SMART goals, SMART being:

S-Specific, M-Measurable, A-Attainable, R-Relevant, T-Timebound

Another way to look at it is through the PURE format which is:

P-Positive, U-Under your control, R-Right sized, E-Ecological

Q: How do you set goals to achieve what you want to achieve in your personal life? Professionally? In business?

Example of weak goals (Desire)

I wanna new car
I wanna bigger house
I want a better job
I want to lose weight

Example of strong goals

I want a 6-Series Covnertibel BMW M3
I want a 4 BR home in Manteca with a pool and it must be close to a good school
I want a position as an Operations Manager for Walmart making $95K a year with good bennies
I want to lose 30 pounds of fat and gain 10 pounds of muscle, dropping my waistline from a 42 to 32
When goals are not quantifiable how can you assign value?
I want to be happy as I was when I was in college
Q: Have you ever set a goal without a timeline? Did you achieve that goal? Have you ever over achieved a goal that you set that was too low? What did you learn from the process?
Example of poor timelines

One of these days
Eventually
Next year
Putting your goals in writing is a great way to commit to yourself what you intend to accomplish. People who write down their goals are almost 42% more likely to achieve their goals.

Q: Do you commit your goals to writing? What does that look like? How often are they revisited? Do you only do this for business or also personally? How has this impacted your success?
Journaling
Balanced Scorecard
Strategic Objectives

Q: Have you failed to achieve a goal you set? Why did you fail and what did you learn from that failure?

Read Quote: Darren Hardy says, "If you are not making the progress that you would like to make and are capable of making, it is simply because your goals are not clearly defined"

Q: Either of you set goals got 2021 yet? What will that look like?

As we bring the infamous 2020 year to a close in just a matter of weeks, many of you will begin setting the same old new years resolutions you always set. You know, Lose weight, save money, travel more, etc. We've all done it.

This year, I challenge you to do a few things differently. Take out your pen and paper or write this down in a note app:

Set a simple theme for the year. This year our theme is Health and Wealth. Last year it was "Show up and Be Present" in honor of one of Crystal's very close friend that passed. (Crystal can add)

Your theme can be what ever 1 or 2 things are most important for you that you plan on focusing on. Use this theme to align your decisions throughout the year. Regularly discuss your theme with you power circle and hold each other accountable when you are not acting in alignment of that theme.

Set SMART and specific goals that align with your WHY and your values. For example, my WHY is family. My value is also family, one of my goals for 2021 is going to be to visit my son in Texas in February of this year. I am also going to take go on a family vacation to Costa Rica in July of this year, if COVID allows.

Write your theme and your goals for this year down. If you are able too, I recommend purchasing the "Living Your Best Year Ever" journal, designed by Darren hardy. You can purchase it on Amazon for about $35, the link is provided below. It will definitely help you fine tune your goal setting process and allow you to become a better GOAL DIGGER. But just writing it down on paper in notebook or on a note app like OneNote, or even sending yourself an email with your goals outlined, you will have a greater chance of accomplishing that goal.

This year, set the right goals and make sure the goals are right for you.