Growing up did you ever hear your parents
fight over money? Maybe your parents told
you things like Money doesn’t grow on
trees’ or ‘Making money is really difficult’
or You have to work hard to earn money’..
Like every other limiting belief out there
limiting beliefs about money are also beliefs
they are NOT facts.
You are entitled to your beliefs but that
doesn’t make them facts.
Just because you’ve been believing
some negative or limiting belief about money
does not make it a fact..
Here’s an example: Do you believe in God?
What does God look like to you?
What’s the form of God?
Whatever your answer maybe it’s a belief
you have about God.. You haven’t seen
God with your eyes have you?
It’s a word we use in Hindi called ‘Aastha’
It’s your belief.
Now if God were to miraculously appear in
front of you in the form you believe and in
front of everyone else in that
same form there’ll be no doubts or
speculation about the
form of God, it’ll be a non-negotiable fact!
Unless there’s a non-refutable evidence
of your belief being a fact it’s simply a belief.
Like I mentioned earlier you’re
entitled to your belief.
Here’s another example. What happens when
you throw something in air? It falls down due
to gravity correct? You can’t refute gravity,
it’s not a belief but a rock solid fact.
Similarly, when someone passes away you may
think they go to heaven or hell or afterlife,
that again is a belief.. No one has come
back and proven what happens after death
so we don’t have evidence, it’s not a fact that
heaven, hell or afterlife exists. It’s still negotiable.
All this to say that your beliefs are yours and
you’re welcome to any belief.
Your life is made up of the beliefs you hold.
If you believe money doesn’t grow on trees
that’ll be how you treat money.
If you believe money comes to you easily
then that’ll be your experience. Now I
realise it sounds too simple which is why an
explanation is required here.
Question your beliefs.. Whatever you’ve
been thinking about money examine if those are
absolute facts of life or simply your beliefs.
Thumb rule to do this is-- if your beliefs can’t
be 100% proven they are not facts.
And unless something is a fact that means
it can be changed.
Maybe you believe that it’s extremely
difficult to earn money. You have to
struggle a lot.
Another person may believe that they
do their due diligence and simply attract
money to themselves. Which person’s belief
you think is helping them?
Oh because didn’t I mention, whatever
belief you hold about money your thoughts
will be influenced by those beliefs. And then
your behaviour and ultimately your
actions will be influenced.
This is psychology 101 and a million
dollar formula which
I never learnt in a school or college.
Make a note of this formula and apply
it in your life for optimum results.
Your results= Beliefs=
{Thoughts+Behaviours+Actions}
If you aren’t happy with your results
you have to change your thoughts,
behaviours and actions i.e your beliefs.
Now that you understand this insight
and formula ready to take the
insight to action challenge?
What limiting beliefs do you have
about money?
Do a time travel in your mind.
When did you learn about the concept
of money and through whom?
What did they tell you about money?
What thoughts do you primarily have
about money? Is it freely available to
you? Do you believe you can earn as
much money as you want?
Why do you believe these?
‘For statements’
Do these beliefs make you feel
good and positive toward money?
Write a neutral belief for each
limiting belief.
Write a positive belief for each
limiting belief.
How will your life change if you
believed in a neutral/positive belief.
Repeat writing your neutral/positive
belief every single day.
Come back after a month and
write down how you feel (did your
belief improve?)