I’m writing this blog post in a hotel room in New Zealand and while it is minus 3 degrees outside, I have a warm glow in my heart because today I broke through a mental wall that has held me back for many years.
You see in 2002 I was involved in a sporting accident and badly tore the medial meniscus in my right knee. After reconstructive surgery my knee was held together by seven Teflon screws and I was told that my days of active sports were over.
That diagnosis planted a powerful limiting belief in my mind which was “Active sports are not for me”. Over time this belief became something that I simply accepted as a fact and never even questioned.
However at the beginning of this year I recognised this limiting belief for what it really was – a wall within my mind that was preventing me from living the life I truly wanted.
Armed with this new insight, I stopped telling myself that I couldn’t pursue active sports and instead started exploring HOW I could overcome my long-term injury.
This change in perspective led me to see a sports physiotherapist and together we designed a fitness program to strengthen my knee.
And today, after several months of training, I felt the thrill of the sun on my face and the wind in my hair as I went snowboarding for the first time.
The reason I am telling you all this is because I want to share with you the incredible feeling that comes from breaking through a long-standing limiting belief.
There is something truly satisfying about working hard and achieving a goal that you once thought was beyond your reach.
I’d also like to encourage you to identify and challenge your own limiting beliefs.
Perhaps your mental wall is something like “I’ll never find the love of my life” or “I’ll never find a job I enjoy.”
Or perhaps it’s a mental barrier that someone else has planted in your mind by saying things like “You’ll never amount to anything” or “You’ll never make it on your own.”
Whatever your limiting belief might be and wherever it may have come from, I encourage you to see it for what it really is – a barrier within your mind that you CAN challenge and overcome.
But contrary to popular belief, this is not simply about ‘positive thinking’.
If I had just decided to ‘think happy thoughts’ and gone snowboarding, I have no doubt that I would be writing this blog post from a hospital bed!
Happy thoughts are not enough.
The way to overcome a long standing limiting belief is to create a plan of attack and then do the work necessary to break down your mental wall.
For example before going snowboarding I obtained professional advice, bought a sports knee brace and most importantly put in a lot of time and effort at the gym.
So here then is a five-step plan for breaking through your long-standing limiting beliefs:
1. Identify your limiting belief and recognise it for what it really is.
2. Make the conscious decision to challenge your belief.
3. Seek out the information you need and create a plan of attack.
4. Do the work necessary to break through your mental barrier.
5. Enjoy the incredible feeling of satisfaction that comes from achieving something you once thought was impossible.
Whenever you overcome a limiting belief you reconnect with the hopes and dreams that were locked away behind your mental wall. This in turn gives you a boost of motivation and a whole new perspective on what is possible in your life.
So I hope you will take this opportunity to identify and challenge the barriers that exist in your mind.
Always remember that when you overcome a limiting belief today, you lay the foundation for a brand new tomorrow.
Until next time,
Dare to Dream!
Anthony
p.s If you’ve ever overcome a limiting belief, please share your experience by leaving a comment below. I’d love to hear your story!
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great article. Overcoming is more than happy thoughts, as you said. I like the proactive approach, getting the right equipment and training to help you both physically and mentally to overcome the hurdle the of false belief you had previously embraced.
I thoroughly enjoyed your post.. It gave me hope about quitting smoking. I have wanted to for a long time and having a heart attack in April I realize it is a necessity While I am at it I am going to set up a goal for attacking a life style that will help me live healthier and longer. I believe strongly in prayer and faith in the Lord. But I believe He expects us to use the common sense.He gave us. After a day on holiday today, my b/p which had been over 200 dropped dramatically. So one of the first thing I must do is not invest myself in others lives to the point that it effects my own. So as you see I have lots to overcome, but being here for my children and grandchildren is very important so from now on. I will take care of myself.
I love your blog, thanks for sharing your wisdom with us. I truly believe that the sky is the limit, every wish can be achieved if we put our best efforts and the love to do.it.
Anthony;
Congratulations! I’m so glad you got the feel the thrill of snowboarding for the very first time! What a monumental obstacle you managed to overcome. I had to have meniscus surgery this past February and I’m finally getting back to being able to go for a decent walk. But that’s not all, about four months prior to having the meniscus surgery I had to have a stent put in my heart due to 80% blockage in an artery. So as you can see, I’ve had to overcome some pretty big obstacles just to be able to start walking on a consistent basis again.
Thank you for your inspirational messages, they are appreciated.
Sandy Miller
At the tender age of 44 I decided that I was going to be a golf professional. When I grow up
I realised that this would be a huge task and after consulting with certain individuals as to the enormity of what lied ahead and having my success equated to the likes of climbing Mount Everest with a broken leg; my answer to this was not only will I do it with a broken leg but I will carry you as well! Cocky? NO! Crazy? Maybe! Determined Yes!
Will I continue to Climb absolutely Obtaining CPGA CLASS A Certification in 2010.
Now I will continue to strive for even higher peaks.
I Dare To Dream
In 1985, I was shot in the face during a robbery in a store that i was working in. While going through rehabilitation to learn to walk and talk again, a doctor told me that i would NEVER be able to function normally again due to the head trauma that i had experienced, much less return to college to pursue a business degree. I scribbled a note to him that said “WATCH ME!!!”. In 1989, I graduated from Nicholls State University with an Associates Degree in General Business. Just before I graduated I sent the doctor an invitation to my graduation. As a further note, I am proud to say that on June 10, 2011 I graduated Cum Laude from American Continental University with my BA in Marketing. This just goes to show that whatever the mind can conceive it can achieve with hard work and determination. Thank you for your motivational readings each month. Robert Shivers
THAINK YOU SO MUCH FOR SENDING ME THIS ARTICLE, I TRUELY BELIVE THAT ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE -HOWEVER FEAR SOMETIMES OVERCOME ME /AGAIN THANKS FOR UR WORDS OF WISDOM :)
It is wonderful.It gives a drive , a motive, a direction to live courageously,purposefully.
It was very nice and encouraging statement of your previous surgery, really positive attitude, which at times we need. Thank you! Alicia.
Great article…anthony
If I had a nickel for every time I was told I couldn’t become a music teacher I would be rich. It was a struggle, but I did and have been teaching music for 12 years. In my music career, I was able to go beyond teaching, performing professionally. If it weren’t for the encouragement of a few and my own stubborn behavior, I would still be dreaming of teaching music. I don’t listen to other people’s opinions any more. I think each one of us know what our capabilities are. I directed a church choir of adults a few years ago and one of my volunteer singers said, “I don’t sing well, but I love music. ” I responded, “why would God give you the love and desire to sing and not give you a voice?”
Wonderful ! Very inspiring blog. We can go beyond imagination if we have positive attitude towards life and deep desire to excel…
I was in the morning meditating for the solution for the mental block i had for one activity of business, this article give me the answer. Thanks and great article Anthony
Dear Mr. Antony
Thanks fr sharing your incredible feeling. May God shower all his blessings in all your endaevour.
Very inspiring article like always from the writer. Everything is in mind and if the mindset undergoes transformation, negative thinking automatically disappears.
Very many thanks for sharing his experience.
It is great and inspiring. It is the network built in our mind that determines how strong or weak we are. If we have any weakness and if we try to remove that we need to break the network build by that weakness. If we don’t break it and give support to it then it will become harder to break. Success is just the state of mind..
It hope you will continue to inspire us.
It is an amazing. and powerful article for breaking limiting beliefs.Thanks to Anthony.
I am a regular follower of your articles. Iam eagerly waiting for another article from you s.
meet you again.
Thanks Anthony for your blog, it really made me realize that if you really want to achieve something, we must overcome our limited beliefs and go forward to achieve our dreams.. The determination and positive attitude as well as the belief that you can do it despite all odds is what we all should remember.
Hi Mr. Anthony,
Greetings from Nalini .
I love to read your article as your writing is in simple manner with effective words and the situations which you shares with us is feels us to feel ourselves and the related pictures will stand infront of us.
About me I am a widow and blessed with a son who is studying in +1, within 2years of my marriage i had lost my husband in accident at that time my son was 10 months child. After 15 days of my hubby’s death, I had decided to do job to educate my child without taking anybody’s help. Since then till now I am giving him better education at best institution. Daily I am praying to god to give me a strength to help the need people. Though I am very silent in words but my hands are ready to help.
I had given education to poor people i mean without taking fees, distributing clothes, food for people who are sitting near the temples/road sides.
My life is a good lesson for me.
patience, kindness, simple living and high thinking is very important in life and I believe it.
I wish to hear too many best articles from your end in forthcoming days.
with best wishes
G Nalini
Its not only motivating and suggest ways and means to overcome mental blocks.
You prove that words are psycho therapeutic.
i am very happy foryou. and your deeds are inspiring as always. god bless you :)
Dear
Mr. Antony sir !
To day we celebrates teachers day in india
HAPPY TEACHER’S DAY
Thank you for your motivational readings every time .& thanks for inspirational thoughts
Take care !
Ramesh K.
Hi Anthony,
It is always great to read your inspirational articles. The best part about your articles is that it is not loaded with management jargons and catchy phrases, but it is written in simple English but conveying the message assertively.
I very often encounter the `WALL’ each time me and my team sit down to prepare the sales budget. There is always a `mental fear’ of meeting the targets. I have been practicing the methods suggested by you and I find them very effective in not only removing the barriers but also achieving our goals.
Your toughts are very clear like crystals. I was impressed when I read Dare to Dream for the first time. This article too really inspires me. When people like us are struggling to find an answer to a silly problem of life, when I read your articles, I think they are written ONLY for me, with a solution. I will also experiment this with my life to achieve ‘the goal’ (it may become ‘a’ goal after some days). Thank you very much and may God give all that you want!
Great Article.
I have an experience alot like that. I once represented Australia at 1988 Olympics in the sport of swimming.
Only last year I was diagnosed with a condition called Chari Malformation and Syringomyelia. To understand this, it is basically I had a swelling in my spinal cord and developed micro tears in my spinal cord. My symptoms were lack of feeling in hands, feet, parts of my legs and parts of my arms, lack of strength in my hands to the point I found it difficult to hold a pencil to write. I first saw one Neuro Surgeon who said I needed an operation and because my condition was so high up in my spinal cord it could result in paraplegic if not quadriplegic.
I wasn’t happy with this so I sought further advice. To cut a long story short I have had an operation and I am not only walking, I continue to run, swim, attend gym sessions, coach other athletes and compete in surf lifesaving.
I say never say never. Work out a plan, keep moving forward and jump any hurdle life or society put in your way.
Thank you for your blog, it’s great.
It is really a motivating n inspiring thought will lead us to do more,more & more……………..
Hi Anthony! It was GReat receiving an article from you again in my Inbox today!
I was inspired to read of your renewed determination to try and get back into something you loved and enjoyed in your life, which you thought was beyond your current abilities … and it also reminded me of a victory / breakthrough that began after Christmas 2002 in my own life. Fascinating that it was around the same time period that YOUR life began to take a turn!
For me, it was the way I saw myself. Growing up, I felt a sense of worthlessness, triggered by ongoing events that were completely out of my control, yet which I realize now I unknowingly blamed myself for.
My breakthrough gradually began in Jan 2003 when I sought professional counselling for a trauma in my life that was totally unrelated to my longstanding feelings of inadequacy and unimportance in life, yet as therapy continued I began to see how “old issues” were beginning to surface, and as time progressed I began discovering “old lies” I’d told myself about myself, and “new truths” began swiftly developing as I realized who I’d THOUGHT I was was not true, and who I REALLY was, WAS the “real” me!
I began to “like” myself instead of “despise” myself, and my whole “self-view” came into proper focus. Over the following months, and even now in my present life, I see myself as a whole new person of potential and worth. It has turned my world “the right way up” and my self-perception has TOTALLY changed for the better. I LIKE the “real Me”, the person I “discovered” and am still discovering, and I’ve found contentment within myself. I know now that I’m a Success and NOT a Failure, and I’ve also come to understand what are “truths” in my life, and what are “lies”. It’s a principle I continually challenge and “better” myself with.
It’s broken my inner life wide open!
So I can attest to the truth of what you shared in this story of yours .. we CAN do infinitely more than we think we can, if we choose to re-position our thinking and our choices.
And even when we sometimes have to accept long-term limitations or impossibilities, that doesn’t necessarily have to minimize our “victories” in our acceptance of them, and moving on with our lives desPITE them!!
THANK you for reminding me to keep inspired!!!
it is an inspirational article thanks and keep writing God Blessings
Dear bro…
Your toughts are very clear and easy to understand also they are wisdom. I was impressed when I read Dare to Dream for the first time. This article too really inspires me. When people like us are struggling to find an answer to a silly problem of life, when I read your articles, I think they are written ONLY for me, with a solution. I will also experiment this with my life to achieve ‘the goal’ (it may become ‘a’ goal after some days). Thank you very much
BR
I fully agree with the content of the article.
Why not explore whatever one wants after all sky is the limit. Human endeavor & its spirit has surpassed countless limits.
Thank you Anthony for the article.
Anthony, what a great write up . The experience of Janelle Pallister is equally very challenging.
hi
ur articals really encourage yome to see it for what it really is – a barrier within my mind that i CAN challenge and overcome. ———thanks
Dear Anthony
Your experience with snowboarding was an extraordinary effort . But the grit and determination that went behind it is laudable…the sheer spirit of resolve, the thrill of overcoming obstacles. Great thought to share..thanks
Your words are pleasing and soothing. The vocabulary also matters in conveying the message intended. Great Service. Thanks..Sundaram RK
Dear Tony,
Long time no hear, thought you had won the lottery or something. My wall has been my very own father and family. By hte grace of God, I am fifty- eight years old. My whole life they have been trying to convince and tells me to my face I am nothing, and will never mount to a hill of beans.
Recently I have decided to prove them wrong. So I have discontinued communication with them all. It saddens me dearly. But i feel so much better about my self and my plight. I still send my father an allowance monthly. Just pray they all get a life and leave me the hell alone. I trust in a power greater than myself, and honestly believe, now, I will be alright.
Thanks for the insight.
Miker.
This is fantastic…..and what I like most about it… PRACTICAL.
At first, I identified your statement about “if I had just thought happy thoughts and went snowboarding I would be writing this from a hospital bed,” as a limiting belief.
According to NLP, the power you possess to destroy those mental walls is instantaneous.
HOWEVER….most people can’t do that. People are only vaguely aware of their limitless power and need to be eased into the process.
Your five steps does that quite nicely.
Kudos.
On a personal note, I had a similar experience. I injured my knee dancing, and couldn’t dance for close to a year. I decided that was one year too long, so I got back in the studio to train.
It was scary at first. I almost reinjured it twice. But, I told myself that it was because I was allowing my injury to NOT heal.
Since I persisted, I am back in the studio 4 days a week with no issue.
Dear Anthony,
I was inspired by your blog and to see that you practise what you preach and to see that your beliefs work for you the same that you convince us that they are sure to work for us also if we work at it.I am impressed and feel it it good to have you has a friend.
Thank you for sharing your story. It lifted my spirits and gave me a lot to think about as I try to apply some of this to my own life. The message was right on. All the best,
Anne
I once took a course on VCR repair and maintenence but before I began I confided in my sister that I was not sure that I could do it and pass. She told me to not get it into my mind that I could not do it so I changed my belief to I can do it and planned daily study time for myself. I not only made a 100 score on every test,I passed the course itself with flying colors,straight A’s accross the board and I now am the proud owner of my framed Diploma wiyh my full name on it.
Hello Dr. Anthony it is a mind blowing article. I have similar experience. During my college days, I had a serious wrist injury ,which was a hindrance for me to go to gym and start my exercise regime.I could not lift a one pound bumbbell. I wasted nearly one year, just worrying. One day I checked with an Orthopedic.He told me that I have De Quervain syndrome, and to my surprise it was really worse. With the doctors advice I took medication and got well pretty soon. Now I’m in a good shape. I got selected in the Army too. I realized when we start facing our fears we become stronger both Physically and Mentally. Happy life.
Regards,
Pradeep
thanks sir. i happy to ready ur article. plz send some more articles. thanks.
From a long time i am trying to improve my communication skills, because this is a big hurdle in my career……when i started leaning english i didn’t know i would be able to write or speak…………but articles continuously giving me energy n still m learning…a lot is remaining for me…….n this article inspired me…….may be i will get my dream job after overcoming my weakness…..
thanks
Mr. Anthony
Hi Anothony,
Great to hear from you :)
I am so glad you didn’t give up…and were determined…it is so inspiring to hear stories like yours and others on the blog.
I totally agree with…”one can achieve what one believes”.
I’ll share my story. I am sixty five and am going back to school after forty four years. I am taking Community Counselling certification course. I have completed eight courses so far and have two more courses this semester to graduate. I have been a Travel Agent for nearly forty years and decided to change my career as I wanted to do something more rewarding and satisfying….hopefully, in the new year, I can start working and serve the community at large.
“Anything is possible if you put your mind to it”
Thanks Anthony, for sharing your inspiring story!!!…and congratulations!!.. keep up the good work!!!…in our world today we need more people who will educate and communicate ways to be not only successful and happy people, but kind, considerate and caring human beings!!
Dear Anthony,
In 2000-2001, I worked in a restaurant called The Pampered Palate, in Staunton, VA. One day, my car blew up. I was left without transportation. My first obstacle to overcome was to figure out how I would arrive at my job by eleven o’clock every morning with thirty miles in between my house and work. My father had always contended that I was the most resourceful person he had ever known in his life. Being armed only with that small seed of faith, I began to assess realistic options to remove the barrier. What a person actually has to do is to sit down and write down possible solutions. Once you have done this, then go back over the list, one by one, and apply realistic probability. In my case, this meant walking thirty miles over three mountains. I had to ensure that I would be on time everyday and that meant relying on my legs. I couldn’t risk asking someone to ride me to work and spending every morning with anxiety until they arrived. So, after considering how fast I could walk and the terrain that my trek consisted of, I decided that leaving at 4:00 am would give me plenty of time to get there. So, hi ho, hi ho, it was off to work I go.
Within two weeks I had established a network of rides. But still, I had insisted on depending upon myself because anything could happen at anytime with that network. Now you’re probably wondering, how did I get home. Well, anytime you are removing obstacles, you do first things first, And, that meant tackling the problem of getting to work. I spent far more time walking home than I did walking to work. Witjin a months time I had enough money to purchase another car. And now, everytime I face a situation that I think I don’t have the energy for, I remember this time and remind myself that if I did it once, I can do it again. So can anyone.
Hey anthony, This might sound silly but how would I be able to find out what my limiting beliefs are? I feel i have few but unable to identify them. Any suggestions?
Good for you!
And this is a very inspiring post.
Great article Tony – thanks! A solid plan to help overcome. Tremendous
Gog Bless
Thank you Anthony for your blog. I am so happy for you and thank you very much for your encouraging words. Sometimes it has been hard to see a light at the end of the tunnel, but we must keep trying, visualizing and believing.
Its so wonderful the way you have dispelled the ways on the limiting belief. Are you giving any class room session in chennai. Im interested to hear more.
great article……….thanks a lot for sharing
To be honest with you I really need an inspiring moving advice like this for my upcoming licensure exam. Somobody told me that I will not pass and that stuck in my head, fears all these years. . . and now I’m about to challenge the exam in a few weeks. With this article I can say it boost my self-esteem, and I thank you for that.
Good Luck, Sarah. Hope you share with us what is going on inside of you as you take on the challenge that limits yourself.
God bless!
Dear Dr Anthony!!!!!!!!!!
i do not have appropriate words through which i can tell u that how i felt after reading this awesome article it is really a eye opener!!!!!!!!!!! Most important thing is its timing.I am on the verge of givingup somthing very important due to my own created limiting belief. I have understood the fact that happy thoughts are not going to solve my problem,there has to be an action plan followed by its practice religiously.You have always been an inspiration to ur followers who look upto you. Keep doing this enlightening work!!!!!!!!
Thank u Dr!!!!!
Great Message – coincides with my life incident. I too had ACL tear but without reconstruction – with just the positive attitude II tried to play my favourite game and ended up in more serious form.
I wish I read this before. Thank you so much. Antony.
Hello Doctor, Thanks for the good work of boosting the self-esteem of people who really need it. I needed it and a few months ago, I read your articles and felt good. I thank you for that. Thanks a lot!!
Dear Anthony,
I am a regular leader of your blogs and have gained a lot for improvement. I had a fracture in my right femur [thigh] some years back and walking upright or normally was a challenge. I consulted a ortho surgeon and he advised to undergo physical therapy. I joined a health gym and the exercises were excruciating and painful. But my desire to be back to normal kept me going through the pain and today I do weight bearing exercises which I thought would not at all be possible for me. I had to overcome that limiting belief and plan and act for the same, which I did eventually. God bless you for the service you render for fellow humans without expecting anything in return.
Anthony,
Thank you for message and for sharing your happy day of snowboarding. I look forward to every blog notice from you that appears in my email. The Oracles Secret was so inspirational to me and to my husband. This is good reminder to read it again. Thanks again.
Rhonda
Thanks alot Tony, for sharing this particular story. this has been really motivating to me. This story will help me begin my journey. I always look for your words as uplifting and positive. Its almost like your talking to me. I love your encouraging words,because it helps me have a clearer vision of things. Im trying to work towards getting the rest of my Barbers license so I can then work on my first Barber Shop. Yes, I have family members who shoot me in the foot when ever they fill like its beneficial to them.
I would like to say, thank you so much caring and reaching out to people who need a little boost. I look forward to seeing whats next in store for me and also reading some more inspiring stories that are very encouraging….. Thank you so much! God Bless!
Dear Anthony,
It is very much lively after going through your always motivational thoughts. Really great feeling after connected to you. Thanks for becoming harbinger for positively stimulating the minds.
Dear Dr Anthony,
I have been following your posts regularly and even share with my family members and colleagues.
The limiting belief is really a stumbling blocks in our growth and happiness. Your suggestions to overcome it, is praise worthy which most of us forget to apply.
I am interested in purchasing your book Dare to Dream. Please tell me mode of payment in Indian Rupees through net banking.
Regards,
Dhirendra
This is realy encouraging and motivating me to pursur my dreams…
I started taking Actuarial Exams after graduating from college in the early 80′s. Got through a few, then got married, had a child, so stopped. After encouragement at work, I took a few more in the early 90′s to attain Associate Status in the Casualty Actuarial Society – but my son was in grade school, and the time and effort involved in exams were more than I wanted to put in while he was young. When he went to college, my attitude was – I’m credentialed, I have a good job, I don’t need to pursue the last 3 exams – besides, I’m too old! It’s not worth the effort. I’ve learned whenever I hear myself saying “I can’t…” or “I don’t need…” to look out – I’m going to be changing my mind. that point came a year and a half ago. So, here I am, studying to pass another exam. Your message was so timely for me. This is a major effort (it’s been 30+ years since calculus and statistics!), I need to get in about 400 study hours in 3 months (while working full time), and I sometimes have doubts I can do it. But I know that I’m going to put in the time and effort, and do the best I can.
I’d like thank you so much for your articles. They are wonderful… Adão, Balsas, MA, Brazil.
I believed my back was perhaps irreparably damaged by spondylitis and a degenerative disk condition, and the best I could hope for was an easing of the effects. But I did always have hope something might happen to improve my condition, and I recently have experienced enormous strides in the right direction. Through faith in God, prayers from genuinely concerned people, and natural medication advice, I started taking a testosterone building supplement, have been taking iodine, and for some time benefited from a lot of Vitamin-D-3. It is my firm hope and belief that with more research and corresponding efforts in use of natural cures, I will experience a successful recovery from most of the ill effects of my degenerative disk condition.
Dear Dr. Anthony,
I always become motivated with all your story. But this one is really an unbelievable which will motivate lots of persons like me. You described the steps to achieve one’s unbeatable goals very nicely and practically. So many thanks to you…
I suffered a sixth nerve palsy in 2000. I developed diplopia ( double vision) as a result of which if both my eyes were open i could not see the object before me. I had been to chennai for treatment which is roughly 2000 Kms from New Delhi were i was working. My husband left me with my parents and had to rush back to Delhi to take care of my small son who was then in school. The improvement was very slow. i had to return back to Delhi after initial treatment. So i thought i should gather some guts to travel alone by train to Delhi from Chennai which was almost 36 hrs by train. As an initial trial i asked my sister to stay put at a particular station connected by suburban train. The idea was i should test the power of my eyes, whether i am able to see that particular station sign board, identify my sister in that crowd and reach her. my parents were very scared that i wud land in more trouble. But i decided that i wud try this one. And as agreed my sister waited in that particular suburban station and i travelled alone and reached her. So that reinforced confidence in me and in a few days i travelled back to delhi alone to join my family. I was advised not to strain my eyes and had to take steroid injection on alternate days for about 4-5 months. When I read your story i was reminded of my own health condition. the ice braking is defintely needed to over come the barrier. Thanks a lot anthony for your thoughts. Looking forward to more such articles. have a good day.
Mind Refreshing . Thanks Anthony.
Dear Anthony,
Sir, Really great feeling after connected to you. Its Incredible artical for everyone.
Thanks Regards
Nilesh.
Mumbai
Dear Dr Anthony,
I am very poor in english language. my dream is to settle in australia. but due to lack of english language i am unable to fulfill my dream. i try so many time to start tution but due to lack of time it’s not possible to continue the same. but after reading this article i plan my activities again and start working now on my dream.
Thanks lot Dear Dr Anthony
Dear Anthony,
thank you very much for sharing such a nice article…..
thanks
Thanks. Its great. this is the simplest method I had ever read.
Hi Anthony,
Thanks for writing such a great article. I have just recently become aware of my limiting beliefs holding me back from becoming successfully self-employed and am working to become free of them at the moment. I had been experiencing a bit of a down due to beliefs too numerous to mention in detail but mostly consisting of telling myself that I can’t do it. Now that I have realised what my limiting belief/s is/are I am working to challenge it/them through the use of affirmations, as well as sticking to my plan of attack despite the fear of failure. As I continue to do this, I look forward to the day when I get to experience the same feeling of achievement as you did, experiencing what I imagine is the thrill of snowboarding.
Thanks for the inspiration to carry on. You somehow managed to provide me with just what I needed. Thank you.
Take care,
Mary Jane
FEAR
False
Evidence
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Break everything down and then see what the outcome is
Hello Mr Anthony,
Very nice article !!!! Thanks for sharing such motivational article.
hi,
thanks for this article. i am always eagerly waiting for your monthly articles. This article is truly amazing. The thing that i like about your articles is the action plan or step to do. This makes it so simple and also encourages to try out. Thanks. Looking forward for the many more such inspiring articles. Wish you all the best.
I had always been overweight pretty much my entire life, at age 13 I was 300 pounds. I thought I would never be able to lose the weight and be healthy no matter what I did. I tried numerous diets and exercise routines and would always fail, it seemed impossible, but I was not going to give up, I was determined to lose the weight. Positive affirmations, really do help, along with the strive to reach a goal you felt was impossible. Little by little my weight went down, finally at the age of 21 I had lost 100 pounds, I again hit a road block, but didn’t give up. At the age of 27 I had lost half of me, I have now gained back 30 pounds because of my pregnancy and am determined to lose the weight once our baby girl is born. Anything is possible if you put your mind to it and are determined to get it done, nothing will stand in your way!
Thank you once again
With the economy being what it is, the last thing we need is intellectual limitations yet they do exist!!
I’m in the mist of a do-over and need all the inspiration I can get-I just completed a course and have found it difficult to not just accept any old job instead of what will make me whole!
Thanks for the inspiring story
thanx for sharing good thoughts and help in creating postivity in mind
Wonderfull article sir,
I always look forward for your inspirational articles,
they are building blocks for every one of us
Thank you very much
thank you mr.anthony , i too had a limiting belief that i should and i an score very good marks in the mid term exam of my college. but i failed in one subject and got border marks in two subjects. so do you say that my approach towards that limiting belief was in a wrong direction ?
p.s….. i need a genuine answer for this
thank you sir
After I graduated high school at the top of my class and with no money for college, I applied to the government for a scholarship. Unfortunately, there were no more left by the time I got to apply. I ended up having to give up on my dreams of going to college and began working in order to make ends meet. I never forgot that dream, and living from pay check to pay check i realized was not going to make that dream a reality.
I had no support from family or friends and I felt extremely broken, thinking that life should not have worked out this way for me. I mean I was at the top of my class, I did what I was suppose to.
Now here I am 10 years + later and trying to get this goal accomplished. Because I did not have a college education I ended up accepting jobs that did not really pay well and it was hard to save up. I am only able to pay for a few classes per semester but I am still trying. I refused to give up on my dream, but now it seems even harder to get it accomplished that it was before. My age seems to play a bigger role. Less people offer scholarships to older persons in my country and there is an assumption made that because I have been out of school for so long I should be able to pay for my education out of pocket.
I will continue to hold on but boy it is really hard. However, your article reassured me that what happens next is up to me. If I let the past control my future I will always be a product of my past and will destroy what I can be in the future. Thank you for sharing.
For the past 8 years I have accepted weight gain as part of getting older, part of “it happens with gall bladder issues”, menopause makes your metabolism slower, and finally, I put the nail in my own coffin with the belief that ” I have always had a slow metabolism with weight issues.” I finally got to work, tai chi, reiki, surgery, and it led me on a path to open my thinking. I decided to try a new program in our area that many people are having success with and am now 32 lbs less and feeling better than I have in years! I can see my goal in sight and will return to a healthy, happier, more energetic, and creative me! I did not see how I limited myself all these years. I will never look back.
Your articles help me more then you know.. I post the ones I can on facebook.. but mostly I try to apply them to myself.. and make myself a better person. Right now.. I am going through a rough time, a time of change.. and as always.. your article came at the right time.. I thank you sincerely! ~Karen
Thank you for sharing your wisdom. As usual, I love everything you write. Ever since I read the line in your book “The Oracle’s Secret” that we never fail, but it is the ‘plan’ that fails. I became a big fan of yours!
Dear Dr,
it reminds me with celine dion song i am alive i have wings to fly
i like the five steps and i will try it hoping for new
thanks alot & waiting for more
Thank you for your wonderful insight. I too was extremely fit. Until I was struck down by rectal cancer. With being told I had to gain weight, radiation, chemo, 4 operations, and losing 2 yrs I had lost my fitness and my enthusiasm for getting it back. I was so angry, disappointed, and terribly sad. I couldn’t work anymore and life was just not worth living. I tried setting up my own business during this time too and all though the product was a success I couldn’t get a manufacturer in Melbourne to make it for me. So a failed business. I was now financially strapped too.
My wonderful brother asked me what do I want the most. I said to get fit. Really fit. He then asked what does it take to get there. I said money and time. He said time you’ve got so lets get you some money. So he is paying for my wonderful personal trainer. I can now do about 60 boy push ups and too many sit ups to count. I am going to start running soon. I am now working Part time and the place where I am working may set up a factory for me that will help me with my product.
It is truly mind set and nothing else. It is just pushing to make changes. Seeing where you need to make the change, willingness to work at it and take action, see the reward, invalidating the belief in what you are trying to achieve and then seeing the potential, taking the action, seeing the reward , invalidating the belief….. See the circle and this is a great wheel to be on! The wheel of success!! I hope this helps.
Thank you for your wonderful insight. I too was extremely fit. Until I was struck down by rectal cancer. With being told I had to gain weight, radiation, chemo, 4 operations, and losing 2 yrs I had lost my fitness and my enthusiasm for getting it back. I was so angry, disappointed, and terribly sad. I couldn’t work anymore and life was just not worth living. I tried setting up my own business during this time too and all though the product was a success I couldn’t get a manufacturer in Melbourne to make it for me. So a failed business. I was now financially strapped too.
My wonderful brother asked me what do I want the most. I said to get fit. Really fit. He then asked what does it take to get there. I said money and time. He said time you’ve got so lets get you some money. So he is paying for my wonderful personal trainer. I can now do about 60 boy push ups and too many sit ups to count. I am going to start running soon. I am now working Part time and the place where I am working may set up a factory for me that will help me with my product.
It is truly mind set and nothing else. It is just pushing to make changes. Seeing where you need to make the change, willingness to work at it and take action, see the reward, validating the belief in what you are trying to achieve and then seeing the potential, taking the action, seeing the reward , validating the belief….. See the circle and this is a great wheel to be on! The wheel of success!! I hope this helps.
I really enjoy reading your inspiring article. It’s so great. It can boost the self-esteem of me and others. Waiting for your next article. Thank’s a lot. Anthony.
congrats Dr.Anthony.
its always a pleasure reading your posts.you are absolutely spot on in that we all have our mental walls we need to break.
Hope you keep us all inspired!!!!
Thank You Anthony!!!!!!!!
I have told people for years that positive thinking is great but it cannot stand alone. It takes positive action to achieve the goal.
A million thanks for the article Dr Fernando.
This year i passed +2 with really good marks, more than what i had expected and without any kind of help. Aspiring to be a doctor,i gave the medical entrance tests. But, i didn’t clear. Then i decided to drop this year, study and again sit for the exams next year. But for the past few months, i have just stopped studying. i have been feeling so low believing that i wouldn’t be able to clear again remembering my marks in the entrance test which were just pathetic. Now I realize whats wrong. I need to be positive but ALSO work.I know it will require a lot of hardwork as i havn’t been in touch but yes.. i can . I dare to dream again.
Hope is such a terrible thing to lose..
Truly inspirational, especially after a long day of work and school with thoughts of just giving up. There should be no barrier to what we really can accomplish. Thank you so much for the wake up call.
Mr Antony
Great to have the courage and determination .
You really Dare to Dream and motivate others to Dream and acheive.
Keep going
Dr. Anthony
thank s a lot for sharing me in your artical really very fanatstic !
Truly practical….
Thank you! Your personal experience is helping me see things from a different perspective. I have the idea, knowing what I need to do. I just don’t have the plan. Maybe procrastination, fear or both have been hinders. At any rate, your blogging is well appreciated. I always make sure to read and then get excited once again. Please don’t stop
I would love to a be able to see my dreams come true. And find the love of my life
thanks for sharing your wisdom..
Hello Anthony, as usual this has been a very informative and eye opening article. You seem to always send the perfect email at the time I need the most encouragement. It gives me that little pick me up, and in turn I believe I can do great things! Thanks!
Francisca– you said it all–I could give it all up-but after reading these messages of hope–I do care and want to go on. I have had a hard life for 50 years and so tired–I am sooo tiried–love your insperationand love of people. I have been abusedverbally ad thesically. I think I have been abused by faminly Nobbies this and I want thiss ot to appoi t/-*
Thanks for your caring heart. I always learned alot from your articles. I wish you GOD’s blessing.
your obstacle — rehabbing / strengthening your knee — is dramatically different than finding / landing or creating a passion job. You have total control in strengthening your knee. All you have to do is show up and lift the weights, stretch ice — do the work. Finding a passion job has more variables and we are to some degree dependent on others to get that job. So how would suggest realizing a goal in which you are not in complete control of all requisite variables?
there are decision to make, habits to break and move forward. i am 56 years old and must number my days. i really want to make a difference for my children, grandchildren and make a strategic moves on a marriage of 35 years of unfaithfulness. he is economically well in his country and offers the women of his youth crumb. i forgive him everyday until it hurts no more. i want what belongs to me, my children and grandchildren, and my dreams have be snails except for my children and grandchildren whom i thank GOD for as well as friends, of whom have on this journey with me and have my support and encouragement. poem and book, dare to dream, hit home.. though i been her before, i need to move on it. i feel at times i m not smart enough, pretty enough, well you know all little foxes that creep up to bring down the house. i have never been so open, and my eyes are just little bit watery,so i wonder if my heart is too hard, anyone i sit here encourage with the poem and the book and want it to be more, i want change and i need determination, courage and much discipline. thank for reading my note and i mi stumble on your site.
Dear Anthony Sir,
The wall in the mind reminds me of some quatrain from our 9th Sikh guru Sahib Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur ji bani:in which he says A man(anyone or everyone in this universe) feel that he is tied up in bondage be it kith and kin relation,social bondage, inferiority feeling of living a worthless life, can not achieve anything in life and feel that he has not enough courage and innate strength to break
away this bondage. but this is mental bondage. Chanting and surrendering to the holy name of God as Guru(our true master),thou come to help like a powerful elephant, your name gives me courage,and how much difficult it may be to get free, You create all type of ideas in mind and finally deliver me free from pain and anguish. Bondage of mind diminishes and a new hope,a new wish to excel is born when my ultimate Guru (Supereme power) comes to help and lend his hand.
This is the way I feel connected to my lord. Wish you all do too.
Love and care for all,
Arvinder Singh Phulera
First of all, many congrats Anthony, for what you have achieved in your life! ? Not just that you have crossed the barrier but you have mastered the art for actually motivating millions to break free in life and dare to dream. Sharing my experience, I have always been fascinated by the way people write such fantastically after reading various books, articles and writings of other people. Since then, I had built this wall in my mind that I can’t write well which gradually had raised high enough to make me believe that I cannot write. But then this was not a very pleasant thought and I always felt distressed and complex about it. I kept formulating many plans but never took that one step of actually starting. Then one day, I determined myself that I would write, no matter how it turns out and actually took a paper and started. After I finished and published the article, I actually experienced that feeling of ‘reconnecting with the hopes and dreams that were locked away behind my mental wall’. I felt so happy and positive about myself then. That was my experience that I wanted to share. May we all achieve that free self to dream and passion to pursue it!
gud one …………
Great article indeed. Thanks Anthony.
Howard Mahere
NewZealand
Mr. Dr. Anthoney ! Thanks that you kept me live in your memory. Thanks a lot. I went through your above article. and I’m bound to say ” Allah is with them who are determined on thier righrteous deeds.”
hello mr.Fernando :) gr8 work ..have been following yur blogs for quite a few months..they r very inspiring :) :) have helped me a lot wen i was feeling very low..thank you :) n good luck 2 yu
Dear Anthony,
Truly amazing and very much motivating.
I have been reading all your posts almost everyday without fail. It is very much helpful to me..
Thank you So Much for being virtual Guru..
Take Care!!
Regards
Vijendra Padwal
EXCELLENT & HIGHLY INSPIRATIONAL.
MOTIVATED ME A LOT.
LANGUAGE IS AS SIMPLE AS WATER.
BUT SUBJECT IS AS SOLID AS DIAMOND.
THANK YOU.SHARE WITH YOU LATER.
Really it is very worthy reading this article …!!! it inspires me every time … with this articles I am improving my confident.
But even still I am having some limits in my mind like “I am not able to write the mails to the clients properly in only some situations”. Hence when I am ready to write the mails confidently I am stepping back thinking that I am not able to write as good as.So could you please let me know how should I need to overcome this limit belief.
Thanks,
Spandana
I visited your website after seeing your video “just don’t quit” on Facebook. There are no accidents! I’m teaching a class tomorrow on Limiting Beliefs and your comments here will go a long way toward enhancing the lives of my class. Thank you for sharing yourself and letting us learn with you.
I enjoyed reading your experience. the sharing is real and it touched me. thank you for sharing with us your experiences. may the lord bless your stay.
I love your blog, thanks for sharing your wisdom with us. I truly believe that the sky is the limit, every wish can be achieved if we put our best efforts and the love to do.it.
THANK YOU
Sir,could you tell me how to find limiting beliefs.
I am unable to make out what exactly is a limiting/disempowering belief in long term.
For example:The belief:people will not always do what you want them to can be empowering because it will not dissapoint you onthe other hand it is disempowering because I may not be able to convince people
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