When we realise that there’s a big gap between our potential and what we do with it, and examine why we don’t live up to our potential, we come upon our limiting beliefs, negative thoughts, or some malevolent ‘ego’ that seems to have it in for you. and wonder if overriding them, or getting rid of them will kill it.
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Getting caught up in negativity does not help.
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However, our limiting beliefs and negativity are a symptom of something much more fundamental. The real culprit is a basic mind frame that’s at the root of, and actually informs these thoughts and beliefs. This mind frame is so essential, it either propels us toward our goals or prevents us from ever fulfilling our potential.
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When the problem is a Fixed Mindset
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A ‘fixed mindset’ assumes that our qualities, character traits, and creative abilities are given, immutable, and just the way we are. Furthermore, they are carved in stone, are how we were made and there is no way to change them in a meaningful way.
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However, if you believe your traits and qualities are unchangeable, then you’re stuck with the cards you were dealt in life. End of story. All you can do is throw your hands up in the air, and surrender to the dictates of destiny. And this becomes a tremendous liability because now all your imperfections are shameful, you constantly need to prove your worth, and negative experiences are just devastating.
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For instance, a rejection letter, a disappointing progress review at work, an argument in your relationship, or any setback, can totally derail you. You are likely to see them as evidence that indeed you do not have ‘the right stuff’ and are ‘just not good enough.’ Which all serves as ‘proof’ that you’re doomed to settle for the way things are.
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From this fixed frame of mind, no matter what you do to try to make things better, nothing ever seems to help, or succeed.
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You can read all the self-help and success books and courses, maybe even recite all those affirmations from the millionaire mind secrets and universal laws verbatim, but it will not make a bit of difference, because deep down, your fundamentally ‘fixed’ frame of mind does not allow you to integrate them and live their reality consistently. So, while you may dip your toes in the water to see what happens when things don’t change fast enough, you’re on to “See, I knew it!”
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When your whole complexion sub communicates doubt and uncertainty, more reason for doubt and uncertainty is exactly what you pick up from what life gives you in return
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With blessings and namaste,
The HIA and Shanti Yoga Team
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