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title: "Limiting beliefs"
description: "Each of us carries an invisible backpack. In this backpack are our thoughts and beliefs. But sometimes there are heavy stones in it. These..."
language: en
source: https://thehouseofcoaching.com/en/beperkende-overtuigingen
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# Limiting beliefs

![Overcome your limiting beliefs](https://thehouseofcoaching.com/media/7e5672311fd60ffa.webp)\nEach of us carries an invisible backpack. In this backpack are our thoughts and beliefs. But sometimes there are heavy stones in it. These stones are like limiting beliefs: they are thoughts that tell us we cannot do something. Limiting beliefs are sneaky. They whisper things like: "You cannot give a speech, because that is too difficult." Because of these beliefs, our backpack feels heavy and our adventures are less fun.\nWhen we do that, we feel lighter and are ready to discover more.\nThe first step to remove these stones is to talk about them.\nTrying new things is like a secret key to adventure. When we try, we learn that we can do more than we thought. Perhaps we can learn to speak in front of an audience.\nEvery time we do something we thought was difficult, it is a victory. We should celebrate these victories.\nTwo magic words to help us are "not yet". Instead of saying: "I cannot do this", we say: "I cannot do this yet." This has great power. Do not forget that our minds are just like muscles. The more we practise thinking "I can", the stronger they become.\nAnd you can go a step further, every time you change a "cannot" into a "can", you take a stone out of your backpack.\nSo the next time you think you cannot do something, remember that you have not learned it yet. Keep trying and soon you will succeed.\n*By Karl Mortier*