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Alright, so in today's episode, we're going to be talking all about your limitations and your limiting beliefs. And we're going to be talking about how this might be a little strange to hear but your limitations and your limiting beliefs, they're 100% optional. You know, once someone shows you what's possible, then it makes it more possible for you to also go and achieve it right. But sometimes it's going to be you, that's going to need to be the one who goes first. So if you want to think back to I used to be a runner back in the day, but if you want to think back to when they said that no one could ever run a four-minute mile. They thought it was absolutely impossible for someone to ever run a four-minute mile until it wasn't until Roger Bannister broke that four-minute mile mark. And then guess what happened after that. Once he broke that four-minute mile marker, then it opened up the gates and made it seem more possible for so many other people to be able to break the four-minute mile as well. And so now there's over 2000 athletes who have also broken that four-minute mile record. Pretty crazy, right? In the end, it's us that holds ourselves back.
You know, I want you to think of your life right now. Just really sit here and think about it. How many four-minute miles are you holding yourself back from right now, in this very moment? Simply because you haven't seen someone do it before or you haven't done it yourself yet. How many times do we hold ourselves back with these limitations? You know, I can't do this because I failed at this before or I can't start this other new business because my last business didn't work out our lives, your life, my life. It is literally littered with self-imposed limiting beliefs. If the same thing goes for you as well, think about how many times you haven't done something or you haven't put 100% into something. Because you thought Yeah, well, you know what, I probably can't do it. And then you have that self-limiting belief. And so you didn't really put everything into it. You didn't give it all you got.
You've got to get to the point where you're like, Okay, you know what, I'm going to just start to think differently. Think differently. Think of all the things that exist today, that at one point in time, people thought could never ever happen. They thought it was impossible. Airplanes going to space landing on the moon. I mean, all of these things, people thought were impossible until somebody proved them wrong. How is it that we can do all these incredible things like go to outer space and fly airplanes and do all these unbelievable things but can't create that successful business or can't figure out a way to create your dreams?
That is total BS and you know it, you know it you know, deep down that you have so much more potential but your whole holding yourself back, you know, my husband listens to Elon Musk a lot. And when you just listen to him talk and you hear how big his dreams are, and you listen to him talk and my husband will come home, and he'll share with me some of the things that he heard him saying and what he's doing and his vision and his plans and his dreams and all that. It's like, if he is doing all of that, then how is it that we can't do this little thing? How is it that we can get this business up off and running off the ground? How is it that we can't create, you know, a fifth stream of income or a second stream of income? Or how is it that we're not able to pay off all the debt, like whatever your certain circumstance is, seeing and hearing from people like that make you realize that you are really holding yourself back. Some of us, number one, aren't allowing us to just dream big enough. And then some of us we're living in this constant state where our beliefs are, I can't do that. Well, who am I to do that? I'm not worthy of that.
If you look at the guy who achieved running the mile in four minutes, or you look at going to the moon, or any of those other things that I mentioned, what they all have in common, is that they weren't impossible. But impossible, is just a figment of the imagination. These things were impossible until they were done. So I want you to think of your life right now. And I want you to see what's holding you back from creating the life that you want. What really, is it? What is at the root of it? Where are you telling yourself that it's not possible for you? Oh, you know, other people can do that. But I can't? Where are you telling yourself stories like that? What limits are you putting on yourself that are 100%, completely false.
You know, sometimes we end up fighting harder for these limiting beliefs than we do and trying to create our life that we want and make those dreams become a reality. And then what ends up happening is we end up believing all these limiting beliefs to be true. And they're not. They're all made up. And they're all made up by you. We have to think differently. What's really holding you back? Is it the fear of failure that's holding you back? Is it fear of the unknown? Oh, you know, I don't know what's going to happen in the future. If I do XYZ. Things are comfortable now, even though not really happy yatta, yatta, yatta. Is it fear of success? You know, if I become successful, am I going to lose everyone I love? Am I going to lose it all? Is it a fear of being judged by someone else? Or a fear of making a mistake? And that's why you're not doing it? Is it a fear of disappointing someone? Or even disappointing yourself? Is it a fear of putting so much time and effort into something and then not having it come to fruition? The way that you had hoped it would? Are you making all of this up? In your head? Yep, you are. You are. I know, you might not want to hear that answer. But you are. Are you just taking the safe road and playing small because you don't want to be seen? Are you settling for what's comfortable? Are your dream so big? That it paralyzes you, and what you need to do to get there. Because if you honestly look at all of these fears that you have, none of them actually exist. If we look at all these fears, these are all called intellectual fears. And so these fears that we're bringing up inside of us don't actually exist, we are making them up, we're creating this monster. And then we're fighting this monster, aka, our fears, all damn day long. And using all our energy to fight this monster every day. Instead of using our energy to create the life that we actually want. We're making up these limiting beliefs and then letting them take control and run our entire life.
Are you saying that you know, you don't have enough money or you don't have enough time or you're too lazy, or you don't have a car, or that your parents weren't good role models for you? Listen, I understand, I get it. And you may have had a hard life. And maybe living that hard life is something that's held you back. But it's not your fault that you had a hard childhood, but it is your responsibility to use the cards that you were dealt to the best of your ability. So are you making up your limitations? Are you making up your excuses? Are you making them up? And I'm actually thinking that they're true. Because in my personal opinion, we have endless opportunity. But we restrict our potential so much because of the limitations that we put on ourselves. The excuses we make up as to why we aren't living our dreams, why we can't reach them, why our dreams can't become our reality. What you need to realize right now, is that you are powerful beyond belief. We are powerful beyond belief. You've got to stop holding yourself back.
You are this thing incredible, powerful person with near unlimited potential, but you're sabotaging yourself by creating this little tiny box, and then putting yourself in this little tiny box and then living in it. It's kind of like the genie in the lamp, right? You've got this big, powerful Genie. With all these powers, it can do anything. But it's confined to this tiny little lamp. That's what you're doing to yourself, and you're telling yourself, this is where I belong in this little lamp. This is all I'm capable of. And now you're stuck living day in and day out in this tiny little lamp, you have to realize, you must understand that you are powerful beyond measure.
You truly are, you have to rise above your limitations because they're going to be there no matter what you're going to feel the fears. 100% I feel though all the time I feel fears. When I get asked to be a guest speaker on other podcasts, if I get asked to speak on other team calls, planning this first-ever live event that we're doing? Yes, I feel fears too. So you're going to feel them, you're going to feel the fears, you're going to feel the excuses. You're going to want to create the excuses, you're going to feel your limiting beliefs pop in. But you've got to break past those. When we tell ourselves that it's impossible. That is the moment that we must catch that thought and immediately say it is possible. And think about how we want it to happen. I can, I am, I will, I must. This is something that I literally repeat to myself, all the time when I'm thinking about the things that I'm trying to accomplish in my business and in my life. I can, I am, I will, I must.
There is no other option. There is no plan B, there is no room for this to go fail, there's no way that this isn't going to work out. I can, I am, I will, I must over and over and over again to retrain and reprogram the way that you're thinking because your self-imposed limiting beliefs are keeping you stuck. And so you've got to start to think differently. It comes down to you, you have the power. And it always comes down to what's going on inside your head what you believe. And I've said this before, and I'll say it again.
But your mindset is the most powerful thing that you will ever, ever, ever have. And that's what you should be working on day in and day out. It's the only thing that's holding you back, I'm gonna say that again, you might want to write that down. Your mindset is the only thing that's holding you back. It's not the money. It's not your current situation. It's not your past, it's not your spouse, or your family, or where you live or that you don't have a circle of influence of people who help you out. It's none of those. It's what's going on in your mind.
You know, I was reading about this study before. Have you ever heard the study about that they did on fleas find out sounds disgusting, right? Like bunch of fleas. But there was a study that they did on fleas. Now, in case you don't know about fleas, fleas can jump 12 inches. But when they put them in a three-inch jar with a lid, they kept jumping to hit the lid. And they only ever kept jumping the three inches. And then they eventually stopped jumping, because they kept whacking their head on the three-inch lid and they didn't want to hurt themselves. So they eventually just stopped and did not jump. And then when they took them out of the jars and let them jump freely, even though they could jump 12 inches, they still would only jump three inches and never go past it. And then when they went to go have offspring, the offspring also didn't jump higher than three inches. It's pretty interesting. So all of these limitations, it can be passed down.
So if you have kids watching you, you've got to be careful, because they're around. They're seeing you, they're viewing it. And they are understanding and also integrating your limiting beliefs into themselves as well. You are the one holding yourself back. So start to think about this, start to think about how you really think you're holding yourself back. You know, when you have a second, grab a pen, pencil, whatever. And I want you to ask yourself this question. What limitations am I placing on myself? What limitations am I placing on myself? Or have I been placing on myself and I want you to write them all down all the beliefs that you believe to be true. And then what I want you to do is I want you to challenge each limiting belief. This is how you reprogram the way that you think this is how you can literally change the way that you think so that you can think like successful, positive, optimistic, happy people. I want you to look at each limiting belief and I want you to ask yourself, how are all of these limitations false? How are these not true? And go through each one by challenging each limiting belief, challenge each thought. This is how you start to reprogram the way you think this is everything.
Listen, me personally, people think I can be sometimes crazy and a little, you know what, like, oh my gosh, this girl's like, balls to the wall. I don't want to be realistic. I don't want to be the realistic person. Because if I'm being realistic, then that means I'm following the path of every other mediocre person out there. And I don't want to be mediocre, you aren't mediocre, and you don't want to be mediocre either. That's why you're here. Listening to the Do Life Big Podcast. Your limitations are optional, they aren't real, start to challenge them. Start to think about what is truly holding you back and start to work through that. And if you need help, just replacing those most common limiting beliefs that pop into your head. Don't forget, you can always go grab my free workbook that I created for you to help you out. It's Kathireuter.com/thinkthisnotthat and it will give you a list of 19 of the most common limiting beliefs. And then what you should think instead a more empowering belief. This is how you change the way that you think. Change the way you think. Change your life. Thanks so much for being here today. I so appreciate you being here. You know, I love you. I think you're awesome. And I will see you the next time. Bye.
