Strong words in that title, but how else would you describe the thoughts, beliefs and stories that undermine your efforts to have the life you want?
That’s why Step 1 of my Five Simple Steps to Unshakeable Self-Confidence is to root out these thoughts by finding the “I can’t, because…” messages that are operative for you.
I walked you through this last time, but, as a reminder, these are things you say to yourself, such as:
“I would like to go to the conference but I can’t, because I’m not accomplished enough.” Or “I would like to make more money, but I can’t, because I’m a creative person. Creative people don’t make money.”
Once you identify the limiting beliefs that are lodged in your subconscious, Step 2 tells you to replace them with a higher thought.
Choose to believe in an idea that is based in powerful Universal Truth.
Flip It
The simplest way to find that higher thought to believe in is to flip the I can’t, because message.
This is a two-part process:
1. Instead of saying why you can’t do something, start saying why you can.
For instance, “I want to go to the conference, but I can’t, because I’m not accomplished enough,” becomes, “I want to go to the conference and I can because________”
2. And then you find a reason to put after “because” that is based in Universal Law.
The best Universal Law to employ on a regular basis is the Law of Polarity. This states that if you have an idea or desire the means of attaining that desire is already around you. In fact, you could not have an idea if it were impossible for you to manifest it.
Your New Story
After applying Step 2, your new stories might sound like this:
“I can go to the conference because I am accomplished enough to benefit from it. Otherwise, I would never have had the desire to go. The idea never would have occurred to me.”
And, “I would like to make more money, and I can, because I have that desire; therefore, it must be possible for me as a creative person to make more money.”
More Work to Do
Step 2 is a solid start, but you’re not done yet.
It’s very likely that the ways you think things should be done are also based in your old story.
So while you start telling yourself that you can make more money, and you realize, in fact, that some of the wealthiest people on the planet are creative, you still might not see the results you want.
Because the ways that you apply that new belief, the actions that you take, are still based in your erroneous thinking.
And that’s why rebuilding your unshakeable confidence, and making a lot more money, requires three additional steps.
More on that, of course, next time.
