8 Limiting Beliefs That Hold You Back From Success

Feb 18, 2022

Belief greatly affects one’s reality. It influences our actions and behaviors as well as the ones from those around us. Those who trust themselves that they will be successful in business will achieve it in the future — one way or another.

The problem is that some beliefs limit entrepreneurs from becoming the accomplished people they are meant to be. More often than not, these self-doubts go noticed until they’ve already taken root and become difficult to change.

Do you suspect yourself of having limiting beliefs? Find out which ones you and become have and how to change them.

1. Being not good enough or qualified as a business owner

You’ll never be worthy of entrepreneurship unless you do your best. No matter how well you know yourself, you’ll still be surprised about your capabilities if you stop looking inward and start looking at the future with positivity.

2. Thinking things are only possible for others but not for you

Seeing entrepreneurs living a happy life, affording all the good things, and performing better in their industry will make you think they’re smarter or lucky. The truth is that most of them came from humble beginnings and went through a lot of ups and downs.

You just don’t know their story yet. However, once you know the hardships they went through, you can their story as an inspiration to work harder and adopt a positive mindset. If they achieved success against all odds, so can you.

3. Thinking you’re not unique

Everyone is unique, including their experiences. Yes, you might own a business that belongs to a common niche. But because you’re an individual that has gone through a unique series of life events, you’ll have the ability to see things differently and formulate unorthodox solutions to business problems.

4. Not knowing what you want

This only happens when you're torn between logic and emotion. If thinking rationally doesn’t get you anywhere, consider what your emotion says and vice versa. For example, if you don’t know what business you should open as a startup, explore options based on your passion. Otherwise, listen to what your mind tells you.

5. Thinking you’d be judged and hated for being yourself

Stop paying attention to what others think about you. You don’t owe them anything to make it your life’s mission to please them. Run the business you want and in your own way. As long as you’re not hurting anyone including yourself, exercise your freedom as a human being.

6. Fear of being an Icarus

Some aspiring and current entrepreneurs fear having high ambitions because they might end up being severely disappointed in the event of a failure. The truth is, failure is part of the process in entrepreneurship. What matters is you take the loss like a sport, learn from your mistakes, and bounce back harder.

7. Believing not having enough time

We’ll say this once again: Belief is what makes one’s reality. If you believe you don’t have time to run a business, you won’t have any. But if you do despite having a busy schedule, you’ll do your best to spend even an hour a day to plan and prepare.

8. Believing that all opportunities are taken

Opportunities never run out. They just come in different forms. Some are even unrecognizable if we don’t pay close attention hard enough. Did Steve Jobs ditch the idea of the first iPhone when he saw Motorola, BlackBerry, Samsung, and Nokia dominate the phone market? Nope.

Instead of letting himself get discouraged, he studied what the competitors had and created a revolutionary smartphone that ushered in a new era of mobile device innovation.

Negativity starts within our minds, not from our actions. Remember that it’s not too late to reform your thinking to believe that you “can” instead of “can’t”. A great way to start is to act on every opportunity.

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