{"id":6540,"date":"2015-04-30T00:33:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T00:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/?p=6540"},"modified":"2015-04-30T00:43:57","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T00:43:57","slug":"limiting-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/2015\/04\/limiting-beliefs.html","title":{"rendered":"15 Limiting Beliefs That Aren&#8217;t Serving You or Anyone Else"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By:\u00a0<a title=\"15 Limiting Beliefs That Aren&#039;t Serving You or Anyone Else\" href=\"http:\/\/raiseyourvibrationtoday.com\/2015\/02\/24\/15-limiting-beliefs-that-arent-serving-you-or-anyone-else\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrea Schulman<\/a>, Guest<\/p>\n<p><em>For some reason, in our society\u00a0we have created a lot of limiting beliefs that aren\u2019t serving anyone.\u00a0 These ideas have expanded\u00a0and combined\u00a0to\u00a0create a sort of mental prison that many of us have locked ourselves inside of. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are often afraid to take action and pursue our goals because these limiting thoughts tell us we can&#8217;t. \u00a0So, instead of making decisions based on passion, interest or excitement, we tend to make many decisions based on\u00a0fear.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Sadly, making choices based on limited beliefs only denies us of our power, and keeps us from creating our lives as we really want\u00a0them to be. \u00a0To\u00a0create all the things we desire, we must believe in our power to do anything.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Take a look at this list of limiting beliefs. Do you think that you are making any of your decisions today based on these ideas? I&#8217;m still\u00a0stuck on a few myself.<\/em><\/p><div class=\"themi-content_11\" id=\"themi-287323153\"><div id=\"ld-8755-6417\"><\/div><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:9217690065945446,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-8755-6417\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<h2>Common Limiting Beliefs<\/h2>\n<h3>#1: &#8220;Play it safe&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>With risk comes reward! Playing it safe is pretty much the most dangerous thing we can do if we want to have exciting, fulfilling or successful lives.<\/p><div class=\"themi-content_15\" id=\"themi-1693750606\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/themindunleashed\/subscribe\" aria-label=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px.png 1920w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-696x392.png 696w, https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Brown-and-White-Modern-Digital-Marketing-Course-Promo-Instagram-Post-1920-x-1080-px-1068x601.png 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>How is someone\u00a0supposed to fly to the\u00a0moon if instead he\u00a0decides to get a desk job\u00a0he doesn&#8217;t really like, just so he can play it safe?<\/p>\n<p>This is a big one. \u00a0Most of us make many decisions based on playing it safe.<\/p>\n<h3>#2: &#8220;Only fools rush in&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Shouldn\u2019t we be trusting and following our intuition, even if it seems hasty?<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever made a snap-second decision based on a gut feeling that saved your life, like veering out of your lane on the freeway? Is that foolish, or is that listening to your guidance?<\/p>\n<p>If you feel a strong pull to do something,\u00a0why wait?<\/p>\n<h3>#3:&#8221;Love hurts&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>If love hurts, is it really love?<\/p>\n<p>I wonder how many people have stayed in unloving relationships because they believed it was love, because &#8220;love hurts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why do we tell ourselves love has to hurt? Wouldn&#8217;t we rather have relationships built on compassion and kindness?<\/p>\n<h3>#4: &#8220;Wealthy people are greedy and evil&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>This is a good limiting belief\u00a0to tell ourselves if we never plan on getting wealthy! \u00a0If being wealthy is &#8220;wrong&#8221; we&#8217;ll never believe we should have lots of money.<\/p>\n<h3>#5: &#8220;You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet your prince&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Do we really want to have to do this? Besides,\u00a0what about those high school sweethearts who are still together and happy after so many years?<\/p>\n<h3>#6: &#8220;Old people get sick\/fall apart&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Sounds like fun. Why bother trying to live a long life then? \u00a0Wouldn&#8217;t it be better if we all died at\u00a030 like they did in the Dark Ages? \u00a0It just doesn&#8217;t make any sense\u00a0for us to\u00a0want to live a long life while we simultaneously believe that aging is a wretched, painful process.<\/p>\n<h3>#7: &#8220;Beauty fades&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.\u00a0 It\u2019s subjective.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t related to age, it\u2019s related to perception. \u00a0All this belief does is cause us to be insecure as we age.<\/p>\n<h3>#8: &#8220;It\u2019s a dog-eat-dog world&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>My guess is we\u2019re probably hanging around the wrong people then.<\/p>\n<p>How many people put up with toxic work environments\u00a0because they believe this behavior is normal? Why shouldn&#8217;t we be able to find opportunities where people work together peacefully\u00a0without all of the competition and backstabbing?<\/p>\n<h3>#9: &#8220;The young are foolish\/the old are wise&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>There are plenty of wise children out there, and many foolish adults. \u00a0Our wisdom depends on how connected we are with the infinite knowledge of the universe, not our date of birth.<\/p>\n<p>Young people are not all idiots and not every elderly person will give sage advice. \u00a0Listen to those who&#8217;s words connect with your soul, regardless of their station in life. \u00a0Don&#8217;t pass up great advice advice because someone is young or take terrible advice from someone older.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, if you&#8217;re young and you know what you&#8217;re talking about, don&#8217;t let anyone convince you otherwise.<\/p>\n<h3>#10: &#8220;You have to get a college degree to be successful&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Well, as many people have pointed out, \u00a0Steve Jobs, Bill Gates\u00a0and Mark Zuckerberg all did just fine without one. \u00a0 So did Maya Angelou and Jennifer Aniston.<\/p>\n<p>For that matter, I happen to have a college degree, but\u00a0the only job I&#8217;ve had since I graduated\u00a0that required it was my teaching job, and we all know how financially successful teachers are these days. \u00a0Don&#8217;t get me wrong, I loved\u00a0college and I&#8217;m very grateful that I had the opportunity to attend,\u00a0but that diploma isn&#8217;t responsible for the successes in my life.<\/p>\n<p>Our successes come from\u00a0us, not from a decorated piece of paper. \u00a0There is no single path we have to take to achieve success.<\/p>\n<h3>#11: &#8220;Save your pennies&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>For what? We\u00a0can\u2019t take them with us. \u00a0That, and money isn&#8217;t exactly even\u00a0<em><strong>real<\/strong><\/em>. \u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0abstract, it\u2019s value fluctuates and the bulk of the money \u201cin\u201d our bank accounts isn\u2019t even physically saved anywhere. It\u2019s nothing more than an illusion (albeit a convincing one!).<\/p>\n<p>Why do we make so many choices in our lives based on the scarcity of an illusion? To learn more about this belief and how we can start to let go of it, check out this\u00a0<a title=\"The #1 limiting belief about money that keeps you from being wealthy\" href=\"http:\/\/raiseyourvibrationtoday.com\/articles\/2014\/12\/29\/the-1-limiting-belief-about-money-that-keeps-you-from-being-wealthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>#12: &#8220;Try your hardest&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>If we\u2019re trying our hardest, we\u2019re probably not going with the flow.<\/p>\n<p>We all know that trying too hard is a surefire way to bomb your job interview or get rejected by the cute girl you&#8217;re trying to pick up. \u00a0So why do we tell ourselves we have to try so hard?<\/p>\n<h3>#13: &#8220;Life is short&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>How about \u201cwe are eternal\u201d instead?<\/p>\n<h3>#14: &#8220;Fear God&#8221; (for my religious friends)<\/h3>\n<p>Don\u2019t most religions describe God as all-loving and all-accepting? Why not \u201clove God\u201d instead?<\/p>\n<h3>#15: &#8220;Fear death&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>Many people who have experienced near death experiences describe death as a wonderful experience. \u00a0What if death in this life\u00a0simply births us into an even better life? If we wanted to be philosophical about it, we might even argue that someone should be excited about death!<\/p>\n<p><em>It would be a lot easier to create wonderful lives if we thought of ourselves as unlimited, all-powerful and eternal creators who could do anything. \u00a0When we\u00a0choose to hold on to limiting beliefs like the ones above, we only clip our wings and give ourselves\u00a0reasons not to follow our\u00a0intuition or pursue our dreams.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To let go of these beliefs, all we have to do is be open to entertaining a different perception of reality, and then look for some evidence to support it.\u00a0 We all have the ability to believe whatever we want to believe, if we are willing to keep an open mind and do a little searching.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>If you think you&#8217;re ready to go after the goals in life you haven\u2019t yet pursued, maybe it\u2019s time to start peeling back the layers of limiting beliefs. \u00a0Escape from this mental prison so many of us are caught in.\u00a0 Believe in your ability to be the powerful, eternal creator that you really are. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Did you like this article about limiting beliefs? Find more tips on how to the quality of your life on my\u00a0<a title=\"fficial Blog of Raise Your Vibration Today\" href=\"http:\/\/www.raiseyourvibrationtoday.com\/articles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a title=\"Official Facebook Page of Raise Your Vibration Today\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/raiseyourvibrationtoday\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>page!\u00a0 You can also find me on\u00a0<a title=\"Andrea Schulman\u2019s Twitter Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vibration1111\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0(@Vibration1111) or\u00a0<a title=\"Andrea Schulman&#039;s Instagram\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/andrea.11.11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0(@andrea.11.11).<\/p>\n<p>Image by Cameron Gray, <a title=\"Artwork by Cameron Gray\" href=\"http:\/\/www.parablevisions.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parablevisions.com<\/a>. \u00a0All rights reserved. \u00a0This image has been duplicated with permission from the artist.<\/p>\n<div class=\"themi-after-content_2\" id=\"themi-1817623052\"><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1747048\"> \r\n <\/div> \r\n <script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\"); \r\n <\/script> \r\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By:\u00a0Andrea Schulman, Guest For some reason, in our society\u00a0we have created a lot of limiting beliefs that aren\u2019t serving anyone.\u00a0 These ideas have expanded\u00a0and combined\u00a0to\u00a0create a sort of mental prison that many of us have locked ourselves inside of. \u00a0 We are often afraid to take action and pursue our goals because these limiting thoughts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":6549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,26],"tags":[381,380],"class_list":{"0":"post-6540","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world-truth","8":"category-consciousness","9":"tag-limiting-belief","10":"tag-limiting-beliefs"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6540\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themindunleashed.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}