Do you have a story about yourself or about your world that may be blocking you from achieving success or is stopping you from doing something?
A story is something everyone has – it’s the story of us. This is the story we tell ourselves as rationale for why we can’t have what we want, or have that relationship or move to that next level of success. We all have a story about why something “can’t happen.” Sometimes these stories are not relevant in the present.
For example, an entrepreneurial client of mine felt she had to train with a well-known business coach because everyone else had, even though she was confident and had worked in her field for years. Yet she felt she needed this certification for proof – to prove she was an expert. That was her story.
From her story we learned that her belief came from her past, her parents have various post-secondary degrees and so she too felt like an outside source and validation was needed to authorize her as an expert.
What’s your {blocking} story?
Stories can also come from relationships or sports. A lot of people hesitate to join team sports as adults because they weren’t good or did not enjoy sports in elementary school, but they should join a team because they are fun – and they want to join, but don’t because of their blocking belief that they won’t be any good.
For me, my story involves money. I had beliefs around money that made my life miserable. The stories I would tell myself around money came from my parents and their relationship with money. What I saw and heard as a child became a blocking belief that would narrate my story with money – until I worked to change that story.
What is your story? And what beliefs come out when you tell your story out loud? Most of the time these beliefs are not relevant and need to be replaced with a new story.
Share your story in the comments below or my Facebook Page. I would love to help you uncover any blocking beliefs and help you work toward a more relevant story.