When I was younger, I believed everyone’s opinion about what I could and couldn’t do and what I was and wasn’t capable of. It was exhausting, I was always carrying around the limitations others thought I possessed. As you can probably guess my self-esteem was pretty non-existent.
“We become what we think” author Earl Nightingale reminded us. We need to question why we are paying attention to our limitations, what’s the value and the point? Know what is and isn’t valid, change what we can, learn what we can’t change, and focus on creating successes.
In my Shortcuts to Success series, I talk about the importance of paying attention to small accomplishments. “Encourage SOS’s (Series of Small Successes). Usually, people feel if what they’ve done isn’t huge, it isn’t worth it. Wrong. Small, incremental successes create lasting change.”
And that’s exactly how we start to believe in our own worth and dismiss the limitations others would like us to accept. Think about where you might have decided to believe in your limitations and how you can, little by little, start to see some of your amazing accomplishments. It’s worth the effort, and it can be liberating.
