May 10
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NLP Skills-How Are Your Beliefs Affecting Your Life?
Your beliefs are the foundation upon which you build your reality. This is because what you believe sets the boundaries of your world.
And they are the rules you may live your life by. If you so choose.
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The interesting thing is that your beliefs have the power to either broaden or limit your world. An example is in order here.
At the time of the enlightenment when everyone thought that the world was flat it was a known fact that if you sailed too far in any direction you would fall off the edge of the world.
Now. this was a useful belief in one respect because it probably did save endless lives of sailors who may have been tempted to sail to their peril. Remember this was way before satelite navigation. Frankly some of those old ships were downright dangerous.
What this belief also did was create fear and limit the thinking of humanity. It created a belief that this is our world and there’s nothing more. We can’t go any further and the King will always be in charge. That we will always have to bow to a greater authority and will have no control over our destiny. That there are no possibilities beyond what we know. Remember this was not that long after the dark ages.
Now, it is probably difficult to really get into this post-medieval mindset simply because you now know better.
Why is this the case ? And the answer is simple, really.
Your horizons have been expanded… Literally.
So would it be useful to you to explore how much further you can go..? To go beyond your beliefs of what is possible and travel to a place, inside, where you create your own reality.
( Hey, just a little side bar here )
We’re not talking about anything flakey here. It’s simply an opportunity to explore what is possible in your life. You don’t have to sit on a mountain top, unless of course you choose to.
What you do have to do, is you have to take action. In fact if you don’t then well you may as well sit on that mountain top.
And while you are contemplating your navel you can also wonder “Is there is a continent out there where anything is possible…” Or to be more precise…in there!
An admission and a revelation…
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This is an area where I used the wrong strategies for years. Learning and not applying. Knowledge is useless until such times that you apply it. Until you loosen the bow rope and set sail. The difference between you and Columbus is that you will have a map and a guide who has already been there.
And where will you go once you have your map…? Because this is a special type of map that you create for yourself. And it is a map that is based on successful strategies that many people have used before you.
I will post something about NLP strategies for you as this is where the rubber hits the road.
Please post your comments , thoughts, queries and questions in the comments box below. It’s always good to hear from you.
To your empowering life,
Mike
