Overcoming self-limiting beliefs
In this week's tip, we'll look at how to recognise and overcome self-limiting beliefs as a leader. Before you work on your team vision, it’s important to remind yourself of what you’re capable of, and to remove any self-limiting beliefs.
A self-limiting belief is a belief you have about yourself which puts an artificial ceiling on what you can achieve, by draining your own self-confidence in your role. Self-limiting beliefs can come from many places, such as:
- Past experiences
- Comments by others
- Values we inherit
- The media & social media
- The way we compare ourselves to others
- Self: Something which impacts you yourself
- Limiting: Something which restricts your ability to thrive
- Belief: Something you hold to be true with no supporting evidence
Self-limiting beliefs can be anything. A few examples are:
- I'm too old or too young
- I've got too much on my plate
- I'm not the right sort of person
- I don't have the right experience
- I'm not as good as someone else
Overcoming self-limiting beliefs
At Navanter, we recommend a 5-step process to overcome your self-limiting beliefs:
- Identify the belief clearly
- Look for evidence of others “less qualified” than you who have succeeded in your field
- Find a new belief which it would be useful to hold
- Think of ways to adopt this new belief
- Take action!
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