Sneak Peek into Daniel Stewart's New Book “BOLDER, BRAVER BRIGHTER” Watch Out for Your Blind Spot An excerpt from Daniel Stewart’s recent book Bolder, Braver, Brighter, published by Trafalgar Square Books / HorseandRiderBooks.com
When limiting beliefs are removed, so are your limits. Few things will stand between you and success more than you and your thoughts when those thoughts are defeating and doubtful. Negative thoughts are often called limiting beliefs because they limit how much you believe you can achieve or succeed. It’s not because you’re incapable of success, it’s simply because unintended (and unwelcome) thoughts might convince you otherwise. For example, there’s little chance you’ll ever be able to sit a horse’s trot if you continually tell yourself you can’t sit it. It’s not because you’re incapable of it, it’s because your belief has placed a self-imposed limit on what you can achieve. Tell yourself that you can sit that trot (and work hard to make it happen) and you’ll remove the limit that once stood between you and that trot. In other words, when you remove limiting beliefs, you remove your limits. I can’t cook. I’m not good at math. I’m not a morning person. I can’t sit his trot. I’m not as good as everyone else. I crumble under pressure. Limiting beliefs are common and it’s possible you’ve even used a few already today. They’re the sneaky negative thoughts you don’t think you’re thinking, even though you’re thinking them! The good news is that becoming mindful of them is the key to stopping them. Sometimes, they’re just hiding in a kind of mental blind spot and need to be brought out into the light.
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