Over the long holiday weekend, I had a chance to catch up on some reading. Craig Harper’s motivational blog had a couple thought-provoking articles: “Overcoming Self-Limiting Beliefs” Part 1 and Part 2. As I looked at my life and my office, I realized that it was filling up the last few years with things I never expected to be a part of my life: exhaustion, an extra ten pounds, unfinished writing projects, hobbies let go… Sounds depressing, doesn’t it? Oddly enough, it’s also the happiest time of my life. I’m starting to wonder if I thrived in the past on stress and adrenaline. While I don’t miss being driven, I’d like to have the drive back! Why had so many parts of my personal and professional life seemingly gone backwards?

According to the self-limiting beliefs articles: We all have core beliefs. Things which consciously or not, we have made to be truth in our mind. Some of those beliefs serve us well and are positives in our lives, while others simply get in the way of our potential and our possibilities. To a large extent our beliefs dictate our behaviours, which in turn determine the type of results we produce in our world. In many ways our beliefs become our reality. Even if only in our mind.