Do you believe you can?

Every second of every day our minds are bombarded with billions of pieces of information, in fact, our minds receive about 400 billion bits of information per second through our five senses. Some of the information we are consciously aware of while the large majority of information are stored in our sub-conscious mind without us taking note of it in a conscious manner.

The way in which we look at the world and experience all the information that reach our minds are shaped through our beliefs… and here I am not referring to moral beliefs or values. Beliefs are those ideas and concepts we accept as the truth. You might have come to these conclusions or personal truths ourselves, or they might have been passed on to us by religion, culture, society, our parents, schools, the media, politics, etc.

A large number of our beliefs get programmed into our subconscious mind before the age of seven. As these beliefs are imprinted in our sub-conscious mind at such a young age it means that we never argue about them or question them and before we know it, we live by these beliefs. And we judge according to our beliefs; our beliefs become the measure of judgement of ourselves and those around us.

There are multiple positive beliefs, but equally as many negative beliefs. Beliefs like: I am not good enough. I cannot succeed. I am doomed to fail. The list can go on.

In order to change our limiting beliefs we first need to become aware of what those limiting beliefs are. This implies that we need to become aware of what we are thinking.

Once we are aware of our thinking, we can intentionally change our thinking through meditation, affirmations, and many other techniques.

My challenge to you is to become aware of your own beliefs and to identify those beliefs that are limiting you in having the life you really want, whether it is on a personal level or at work. It is possible to break the cycle; to set yourself free from the limitations housed in your own mind. Take charge of your beliefs and achieve more that you ever imagined. We owe it to ourselves and the generations to come!

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results. Willie Nelson.