Joe Vitale once said "Limiting beliefs are like thieves in the night."  He went on to say "If you aren't doing as well as you like, the only person standing in the way is the one you look at in the mirror every day."  These are very powerful statements worth taking a hard look at.

I think the first question we should ask ourselves is what is a limiting belief?  A limiting belief is anything you believe, have been conditioned to believe, etc. that keeps you from being, doing or having what you desire.  A couple very obvious examples of limiting beliefs are:

·          The world is flat.  If you sail to the edge, you will fall off.  How silly was that one?

·          Nothing heavier than air can fly.  Boy, if we all bought into that one the Wright brothers never would have introduced us to the airplane.  Look at us now! 

Something that is very interesting about the two examples I have given is that people really believed them.  In the time, people really believed the world was flat.  People really believed the Wright brothers were crazy to even think they could build something that man could fly in.  We look back now and see how ludicrous these limiting beliefs were.

When I work with individuals and corporations, I show them how their mind works and where these limiting beliefs live.  I also show them how most of them got there and how to send them packing.  You see, there is no limit to what we can be, do and have.  Our wonderful Universe, God, whatever you want to call it, wants to give us everything we want.  The Universe knows NO limitations.

The trouble is we get in our own way by wanting something but not believing we can have it.  I'm here to tell you right now, the ONLY limitations we ever have are those we impose on ourselves.  You may think that's a harsh statement, but it's true.  We may not be aware of what we are doing to ourselves, but it is true we get in our own way.

Think about it.  How many times have you looked at someone doing something and thought to yourself "I would really like to do that.....but I can't"?  How many times have you purchased a lottery ticket believing you would not win?  I could go on all day here giving example after example of how we as human beings throw up roadblocks to achieving our greatest desires.

It's time to STOP holding ourselves back!  What are we here for if not to LIVE, and I mean really LIVE our lives.  There is no glory in getting to the finish line and saying, "Whew, I survived without too many scratches."  No!  I say, let's get to the finish line and say "WOW what a marvelous ride!"

I encourage each of you to look in the mirror right now and say "YES I CAN......I WILL NO LONGER ALLOW ANYTHING TO GET IN THE WAY OF ME ACHIEVING MY DREAMS".