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Mar 28
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Each of us has a set of beliefs about ourselves that we have come to accept and own. This set of beliefs constitutes our Belief System (BS), and it is so powerful that is the foundation of what you experience in life. Your belief system is multifaceted and covers just about anything and everything we experience. You have beliefs about who you believe you are, money, politics, relationships, God, physical health, and success to name a few.
You have other beliefs that are a part of the collective consciousness / mass consciousness. This collection of beliefs cover such things as work (the Protestant work ethic), about intolerance of “bad” behavior, patriotism, tradition, etc. These types of beliefs control how we function in society and pressure us to conform to a norm. There is the exhortation to defend a host of ideas such as honor, good name, mother, family, country, the faith and more. Then there are pressures to be politically one way or another, to criticize secularism, conservatism or liberalism as evil, to stand up for what is right, and to stand on principle.
What Are Beliefs
Your beliefs are unconscious mental conclusions that we have taken as absolute truth, and they have tremendous power over the quality of your entire life. Even if what you believe is true, false, painful, or not relevant to who you are now, your beliefs cause you to perceive the world in a way that is unique to you, and assist in the creation of your individual reality.
A major part of your Belief System (BS) that affects your experiences in life is what you believe about money. Although money is a necessary tool in our society, many people scorn at the mere mention of it. Believe it or not, many people prefer to discuss their sex lives rather than discuss the subject of money. Other people believe that making or having an abundance of money is not a good thing. How many times have you heard people say “Money isn’t everything” or “Money is the root of all evil”? Well, for these people, they are right; at least for them. Although, they truly believe these statements, most people never examine what they believe or why they believe it.
For centuries, most people believed that the Earth was flat, and you would fall off the edge if you traveled the end of it. People were trapped. As a result, they were stuck in a world that reached out only as far as they could see. They were stuck not because that was all that they had available to them, but because that’s all they “believed” they had. But it was an illusionary reality that was created by their beliefs.
They firmly held on to this belief until one day Christopher Columbus proved them wrong by sailing around the world. And in doing so, he opened up a whole new world of possibilities and opportunities for everyone. As a result, the rest of the planet became available to them.
Your Belief System (B.S.) is a funny creature in that it is not necessarily based on what’s true or factual in the world. Your beliefs are formed from what you heard, observed, or have been taught. The power of each belief comes only from the believer of that belief, and the strength of your belief depends on how strongly you believe it to be true.
Your Core Beliefs
You learned many of our core beliefs about yourself and what you could expect from the world during your childhood. A core belief is something that you accepted without question at an early age. Therefore, it continues to be reinforced by your observations and perceptions of your experiences.
From birth, you were programmed about money by your parents, siblings, friends, teachers, the media, religious leaders, social clubs and stratification of societies, nationality, race, language, dialects, and sex. Your mind was like a little sponge accepting as truth practically everything you heard and observed from authority figures, and as adults, most people are not aware that their beliefs shape their lives.
For most people, their childhood programming about money was mostly negative; as a result, many people have come to believe at some very deep level that they are not “good enough” or they may not be “worthy”. Your money beliefs can keep you locked in a mental prison of unhappiness and financial mediocrity. Furthermore, your money beliefs dictate if you will be financial abundant or not because they create a filter which directs all of your decisions you make and actions you take which have a direct effect on the results you get in your life.
I call these types of beliefs, limiting beliefs.
Limiting beliefs are metal blocks stored in your subconscious mind that stops you from having the financial success you want and deserve in your life. It may be something you do out of habit without thinking about it, or it may be a reason you have, where you say “I can’t be/do/have that because…” Like many people, you may have acquired some very unhelpful, unsupportive beliefs over the years, especially around how deserving (or not) you believe you are of money and even about your health, weight, and your worthiness to have passionate, loving relationships.
Here are some examples of limiting beliefs:
Money doesn’t grow on trees!
Don’t waste your hard-earned money!
You can’t be rich and spiritual!
I can’t afford it!
Money is power!
Never mix business with pleasure!
Another day, another dollar!
It’s all in a day’s work!
You get what you pay for!
Why don’t you get a real job?
Save for a rainy day!
I will never have enough money!
I’ll probably just fail anyway!
Rich people are greedy and dishonest!
If I’m successful, my friends will be jealous and stop liking me!
I’ll get my reward in “heaven”!
I’m not smart enough to earn more money!
I have to work harder if I want to earn more money!
It takes money to make money!
Do any of these beliefs sound familiar to you?
The list of limiting money beliefs can continue to fill several pages because most people have hundreds or even thousands of limiting money beliefs which blocks the flow of financial abundance from flowing into their lives. You may not know this yet, but your money beliefs are the blueprint for your financial results, and they will determine your level of financial prosperity you choose and are willing to accept into your life. As I stated earlier, most people never do any critical thinking to investigate what they believe and why they believe it. If they did, most would be surprised what they found.
Now, if you have limiting money beliefs in you subconscious mind, you can transform them into more positive beliefs, which then supports you in being the person who is living a financial prosperous life.
For example:
There is an infinite amount of wealth me to tap into, and it flows in my life constantly.
I can do what I love, and earn money doing it.
I can always afford whatever I desire or need.
Money is easy to earn.
I can be rich, and I can be Zen (spiritual).
Now, you are entitled to your beliefs, but let me ask you a question. How have your beliefs about money been working out for you so far?
If you are not experiencing a life full of financial abundance and prosperity, then I invite you to examine your beliefs you hold about money. Are you willing to give up old, non-supportive beliefs that do NOT serve you in order to live a financial prosperous life?
Uncovering Your Hidden Beliefs
To do this, you’re going to need to identify your hidden money beliefs and transform them. Most people say, “If my beliefs are hidden, how do I know what they are?”
One method you can use to identify your hidden limiting beliefs about money is by looking at the difference between your desires and your current results. For example, if you truly desire to have a new Cadillac, but you’re driving a 10 year old, beat up old Ford, then you have one or more limiting beliefs in your subconscious mind that blocks the Cadillac BMW from your life.
Action Item: Limiting Beliefs
To discover this belief or beliefs, perform the following exercise. Get a sheet of paper and draw a vertical line down the center of the page to create two columns. In the left column, write your desire. In the right column, right the reason why you don’t have it.
For example:
| What I Desire | Why I Don’t Have It |
| 2009 Cadillac STS | I can’t afford that car.This is a car for a rich person, and I am not rich.I don’t deserve a car like this!
My parents will think I am wasting my money if I purchased this car. My friends will think I am trying to be better than them. |
Once you identify your limiting beliefs, you need to transform them into positive beliefs that will support you in HAVING your desires. To transform your limiting beliefs can be as simple as deciding one day that a particular belief no longer serves you, and then choose a new belief to replace it. For instance, for most of my adult life I held onto the hidden belief that rich people were bad. Since I considered myself a good person, I made sure I wouldn’t become wealthy by sabotaging my actions to having an abundance of money in my life. But when I really examined this belief, I found that some poor people behave badly too. Therefore, I concluded that being bad didn’t have anything to do with the amount of money you have in your life. Rather it is the attitudes of the people that determine their behavior, so I transformed this belief to rich people are great contributors because they provide a lot of value to the world.
Another limiting belief about money that I had was that it took hard work to make money. After examining this belief, I concluded if hard work guaranteed financial success, then all construction workers would be wealthy. After all, these people work really hard and long hours, but most of these workers are far from being wealthy. If you are working hard and working long hours on your job, are you wealthy yet or are you still trapped in the “rat race”? This limiting belief has been passed down from generation to generation, but do you see the fallacy in this belief?
Transforming your limiting beliefs can take some time and diligent effort, but it’s absolutely achievable. I did it, and thousands of other people who living a financial prosperous life did it. Now, the process of overcoming your limiting beliefs is like peeling off the layers of an onion. As you peel off the layers, you will begin to manifest more and more of your desires. The better you get at this, the more powerful your manifesting muscles will become. And the more powerful you believe you are, the more your mind will open up to your greatness.
I invite you to make a commitment to do the exercise to uncover and transform your limiting money beliefs. By doing this, you are well on your way transforming your mindset and living the life you truly desire.
If you would like to accelerate the transformation of your limiting beliefs, I invite you to check out The Belief Buster Kit, which shows you EXACTLY how to do this, with over 20 exercises and techniques to identify and clear limiting beliefs and create and install new empowering beliefs in their place.
Namate,
RC
