subject: Reclaiming Your Achievement - Motivational Speaker (NNOS Studios of Ohio) [print this page] The current circumstance you're found in, is irrelevant. If we go down to the root of the limitations that stop us from acheivement of any kind, the limitations are within ourselves...within our individual style of thinking. If, for example, the goal is to make $100,000 per year, and the circumstance or condition is a bad economy, or technical lack of credentials, most of us are indirectly conditioned to think that these circumstances are what is stopping us from the achievement of that goal. Let's call that "BELIEF A" for future reference.
For those who didn't already give up upon the acknowledgment of BELIEF A, BELIEF B presents itself in an incredibly effective way. This belief claims that you cannot get to your goal unless you beat BELIEF A at its own game...by going to school to get the credentials, and/or waiting for the economy to get better. BELIEF B is supporting BELIEF A, which we believe to be the obstacle between us and the goal.
Our brain only lets us consciously notice things that the its search engine is looking for. This search engine doesn't search for our desires. It searches for "data" relevant to our BELIEFS! Some may think that's nuts but how come after you bought your car, you suddenly started noticing all the other cars just like yours? ;) They were always there and your eyes always saw them...they just weren't part of the things your brain was looking for!
Now if BELIEF A were really the truth, nobody in history would have ever been able to achieve that goal under those circumstances. But we all know it's been done time and time again. So what's the problem?
BELIEF A was created by another belief. The belief that created BELIEF A, is a FEAR that looks something like this, "I'm not good enough." The brain then seaches for "data" relevant to this FEAR, and store the experiences as reference points. For example, you may see companies shutting down around you and think about why. As a result, you may notice an article about the economic state and how difficult it is to make money these days. These things get stored as SUPPORTIVE DATA in your brain, and you may develop beliefs like, "Now I'll never get a job..." and all these beliefs are only because of, and supporting the FEAR.
BELIEF A supports the fear; BELIEF B supports BELIEF A. We act on BELIEF B, thus eliminating any chance for undoing BELIEF A...let alone the core of the problem: the FEAR. The FEAR is the main limitation. But it's covered up by all the supportive beliefs, and it effectively keeps us from seeing it. If we turn the FEAR into a courage, all of its supporting limitations fall apart.
BELIEF A was the circumstance. By operating in accordance with it, we support it, and are limited by it. But it's backwards. We're supposed to use and alter the circumstances to support our goal. And if we can't find the right circumstance, we make it.
To your success,
Dennis Andrew
NNOS Studios Motivational Speakers Division
Reclaiming Your Achievement - Motivational Speaker (NNOS Studios of Ohio)
