If you want to break out of your rut or crush a limiting belief, all you need to do is switch mental gears.
In order to switch mental gears, however, you need to take action.
I’ve already talked about how to free yourself from the delusion that the whole world relies on you by taking a dream week. Now, we’re going to tackle something similar. Maybe a little scarier.
The limiting self-belief we’re about to crush is that there are certain things you “just CAN’T do”.
We’ve all had bullsh*t imposed on us by others or by ourselves for our whole lives. Sometimes, all it takes is just to prove to yourself that one of the strongest ones is false, and all the others seem less solid.
If you do THAT one thing… the thing you “know” is impossible… what else is possible? I talk more about this in podcast episode 452 of The 7 Minute Mentor.
They Said I Didn’t Have The Right Genetics…
Like all the other limiting self beliefs I talk about, this one is very close to me.
I’ve spoken before about the magic of incremental improvement and progress logs. I was a skinny kid. A lot of people used to tell me that I didn’t have the genetic makeup to be a big, strong guy who could “makes gains” at the gym.
It held me back for 10 years until eventually, I said, “F*ck this! I’m going to do it.” I started training and eating properly and put on 40lbs of mostly lean muscle.
Had I not done that, someone else would have had control over me and dictated what I can and can’t do.
Do you feel like someone else is dictating (or has dictated, maybe way back when you were a kid) what’s possible for you?
Go and do that one thing you think you can’t do.
Boost Your Creativity & Motivation By Doing That One Thing
I was recently talking to a friend I met at MAPCON. He was in a creative funk. He felt blocked and unable to be as consistent as he needed to be with his production and his strategy. Sound familiar?
He asked me what he could do about it. I said, “You’ve got to take a break and go do something else.”
When I take a break from the grind and do something completely different, it resets my brain, and I bet it works for you, too.
If you take a break and do something different you previously thought you couldn’t do, you get a DEEP creative reset. It doesn’t matter if it’s only a small thing. The very fact it wasn’t part of your world before now opens up your brain to broad creative possibilities when you go back to your work.
Pick Something People Said You Can’t Do & Book It
If you’ve always been told you’ve got no rhythm, f*ck that. Go and book a drumming lesson. Book salsa dancing lessons.
Been told you’re not athletic? Book running sessions.
Can’t sing? Find a vocal coach.
Always been afraid of swimming? Read this post by Tim Ferriss and book some time at the pool.
For me, right now, it’s learning to play the piano. My sole reason for which, as you may already know, is to learn the Jurassic Park theme song. Call me crazy. It’s just something I want to do.
Forget that it’s embarrassing. Everything’s embarrassing at first. Just book it and get it done.
Step Into Yourself & Decide To Do Something Different
Annett Bone, founder and host of DancePreneuring Studio podcast, underwent a huge personal journey where she did what she thought was impossible. She was overweight and overrun by negative thought patterns. One day, she decided she was not over the hill, and she got back into dance. She transformed herself. Then she started a business around her passion and she’s thriving.
She did that one thing and became a motivational and inspirational person for me and so many others.
She stepped into herself, “chose herself”, and undertook change
I want to hear what your “thing” is! When you take the leap and do the impossible (even if it’s a very small impossible), I want you to hit me up on Twitter. Write: “@MrAsquith, today I have…”
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