Subscribe in a readerHow to achieve financial freedom… Are you worthy of it?
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We hate to admit it…
But one of the underlying beliefs that stops many of us from achieving what we are truly capable of is a deeply ingrained sense of unworthiness.
This was all created many years ago when a parent, teacher, or person of authority told us “you’ll never amount to anything”, or any of the many “confidence killers” you may have heard over the years.
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The fact is, these people did the best they could considering the programming they had received themselves.
So forgiving them – and accepting the existence of this hidden limiting belief – is the starting point to moving beyond it.
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The next step is to become aware of how this belief expresses itself in your life through the actions, or lack of action, you take…
Anything that “works” to confirm the belief you’re not worth of the goals you’re striving to reach.
Things like: Watching TV, browsing the web, or playing video games when you know you should be focusing on building your business… Starting a new project while the previous one would likely succeed with just a litlle more effort… Letting a “something-came-up” situation override your schedule when you were due to take a critical step forward… And many more…
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If you’re starting to realize that this applies to you, you’ll want to take 5 minutes right now to list your own regular behaviors that get in the way of you getting the financial results you aspire to.
Reflect on that list for a while.
And we’ll pick up in a future post.
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Talk tomorrow,
Yann
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Hi Yann,
Its said that most people don’t know the effect they have on people when they are young!
Its important to make sure that you share positive reinforcement as much as possible along the journey of life
Great post as usual!
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Worthiness is a difficult concept for a lot of people. However, as you state, without it you will not attain financial success. It will affect all areas of life very seriously.
I’ve taken some very interesting courses on money and the emotional/mental attachment to it … quite fascinating stuff.
Sue Crutcher, Life Empowerment Mentor
Yann,
Great question!
One needs consistent good discipline to get ahead in life.
John Ho
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Yann – This one is right on. Children start out without any notions of limitations of what they can accomplish – and then the negativity comes in from many well intentioned people.
Christian Haller
The Art of Good Eating
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Great post and there are too many of us who suffer from what you describe. I need to put my old limiting habits to rest.
Jen B
The Harwood Center – Tinnitus, Chronic Illness, Fears, Phobias, and Anxiety
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Yann
What a challenging post! OK, I have my guilty distractions. Although since doing Kevin’s course and getting more into writing I find watching television far too passive and boring to interest me most of the time. I’m much happier reading or writing about consumer behaviour.
Tonight I’m making a conscious decision to:
i) Go and play with my children in the garden right now!
ii) Watch the Chelsea V Barcelona game because it’s probably going to be THE best game of football this year!
Philip Graves
author of “The Secret of Selling: How to Sell to Your Customer’s Unconscious Mind”
Great post! The Inner Game of money!
Fascinating.
Like Philip, I’m going to be watching the Chelsea v. Barcelona game tonight. Which is entirely unrelated, really!
Thanks for the food for thought.
JJ Jalopy
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We definitely get screwed up at an early age regarding money and success. Think of this when you teach your children about money.
Seize the Day,
Rob
Sales Tactics For Small Business Owners
Personal Asset Protection For Small Business Owners
There is so much truth to this post. Many of us get sabotaged by the negative programming from our childhoods. I did the exercise and things we know in our heads often look much different on paper. It is easier to see and often has a different impact. Nice post as always.
Anthony
Radiant Health through Education, Science and Tradition
Often the limiting belief is our unconscious mind striving to communication something ELSE. Once we can access what that communication is and receive it, only then can we change it and DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT for our success.
You’re great, Yann.
Best regards,
April Braswell
Dating Quick Start Expert, Relationship Success Coach
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Hi Yann,
Funny, I just read that by the time we reach puberty, we’ve heard a form of “no” thousands and thousands of times. It’s a lot of negative reinforcement.
Thanks
JC
JC
Butterfly Marketing
Yann,
Great post. All that we achieve externally is a result of what we carry around internally (in our minds).
Health, Fitness — Darryl Pace
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Yann,
I have always benn amazed at how people stop themselves from going forward.
Lynn Lane
Success Strategies For Life
Success Today
Yann – You raise some really good points today. I guess this is why so many people are forever starting diets with good intentions but getting sidetracked because at some level they don’t feel worthy to succeed.
Good food for thought!
Pam
Invest in Your Future
Great Minds, Great Wealth: How to Raise your Return, Reduce your Risk, Cut your Cost
Personal Investment Strategies
When growing up authority figures use guilt to “control” you and your actions. This stays with us and can shatter your confidence and belief if you never get around it. It took reading a relationship book for me to realize that I am truly capable of anything!
Great post Yann!!! wish people like you were running the economy over here!!!
I love it. I was skeptical when I first started reading. I thought nothing can make me feel worthy. But this just might. Love the post!
Lisa McLellan, Babysitting Services – Babysitters, Nannies, and Au-pairs
I was in high school when my father told me to be very careful what I wrote because someone could use it against me. My goal in life was to be a writer. The comment froze me and and I never went for that dream. It was years later that I realized he was reacting to the McCarthy hearings.
Pat
Internet Dollars for Business Owners
Worthiness is a difficult concept for a lot of people.because people always look around the area, that is why when they like that thing, they buy that cause they need it…