Fight for your dream
I came across this IG post and was inspired to share my reflections about following your dreams. What stuck with me was how Simon Squibb instantly neutralized barriers to this woman’s dream. He didn’t give her a job, invest in her dream or enroll her into his program. He simply obliterated what was in the way of her pursuing her dream and doing work she was passionate about. She even had a job title for it! Amazing.
What was in the way was her limiting beliefs around what she needed in order to go after her dream. She thought it was her “plan,” when in fact it was a story that kept her from her dream.
Limiting beliefs crush dreams.
When there are so many avenues to pursuing a passion in today’s techno-charged world, why do people still let their beliefs or “stories” stop them?
We could spend the rest of the article polling the fears or past experiences behind those limiting beliefs and “reasons” for not living fully into a passion, but let’s not.
We all have limiting beliefs—likely a library full of them—but here’s a distinction: every limiting belief originated in our brains to protect us from harm, danger or an outcome we resist or fear.
The great thing about this distinction is now we know that limiting beliefs are “made up” as a way of protecting ourselves, and we can move through them much more rapidly.
Limiting beliefs are also superb at creating stories of how we’re the victim of our education, upbringing, race, gender, socio-economic status or opportunity to pursue our passion. It places the burden outside of us, rendering us powerless to take action.
What are your “stories” for not pursuing your dream?
I’m experiencing it first-hand right now as I build my Passion Course. I kept generating excuses not to start promoting and talking about what I’m doing on social media because I needed to have at least ten paintings in my shop. Finish the Passion Course. Come up with a social media strategy. Get my hair done so I look good on video. (Just had my smile Zoomed yesterday, so yeah, that was another one.) And on and on.
Well, I’m not waiting anymore. I went back on Facebook after a 4-5 year hiatus and created a FB page for my new direction. I’ve been doing a lot of work on my stinkin’ thinkin’ as it’s preventing me from experiencing new relationships, receiving love and celebration from those who know me, and some real connection with people—people who truly need my help. So you’ll see me coming out in social more and more and I’m going to stomp on those limiting beliefs that are preventing me from living my fullest life doing work I love and helping inspire others.
So follow me if you aren’t already:
“Please, please, fight for your dream.”
