TODAY ON FRANKLY SPEAKING – SELF LIMITING BELIEF 03-08-2017

All men are equal potentially. I believe
everyman has got what it takes to
become anything they want in life. For
several millennia, billions of people have
lived and walked the surface of this
planet earth, but only a handful have
made trans-generational impact.

These great men that would never be
forgotten throughout history had no
additional physical features or special
powers inaccessible to others who lived
in their time and generation.

What made these great people stand out
is what they did, but others couldn’t or
wouldn’t dare to do. What these great
men did and accomplished naturally
shoots from their belief systems.

They were not special people, they were
just normal people with exceptional
beliefs, they simply acted on their beliefs,
and they achieved greatness because,
they believed in great things.
Many of us today do not have our
personal philosophy about life. What does
life mean to you? The whole idea of
existence and the world you live in, what
is your opinion about it? What is mankind
to you? What do you think of yourself,
your life and this world?

You see, what you fail to study you
cannot understand, what you can’t
understand you cannot comprehend, what
you can’t comprehend you can’t master,
what you’ve not mastered you cannot
manage effectively.

The world offers everyman tremendous
opportunities for greatness and glory.
There is no limit to what you can achieve
and accomplish. Nothing in this life is
strong or powerful enough to stop or
limit you.

You can do anything and achieve
everything you want in this life. Whatever
you think or say is impossible is
exclusive your opinion. Impossibility is
not generic; it resides only in the mind of
individuals.

Like I always say, a mindset that dwells
most of the time on challenges and
limitations can’t go very far. A mindset
that is busy thinking of possibilities and
solutions to every challenge and
limitation is unstoppable.

In truth there are no limitations
confronting mankind in this life, what we
call limitations are situations that have
till now defiled solutions. As soon as
there is a solution, it’s no longer a
problem.

If a mind can conceive and create a
heavy flying machine called the airplane
that can violate the law of gravity
successfully, the mind can do great
things!
If the mind of a man can create a small
device that can enable you hold
conversations with anyone, anywhere in
the world just by pressing some keys of
numbers on this device called a mobile
phone, the mind is unlimited!

If the mind can think up and create a
screen called the television, that will
enable you hear and see people
thousands of miles away real time, then
the mind is capable of anything!
The mind of a man has the power to
think up, conceive and create anything.
The extent of energy, development and
focus a mind enjoys determines what a
man can accomplish with his mind and
consequently, levels attainable in life.

Your mind practically sets the limit for
your life. This mind we hardly reckon
with is extremely powerful to the end
that it fuels the quality of your life
through your belief system.
In fact, what you believe is your reality,
not the reality; reality is a relative term.
What many think is impossible is what
many others have accomplished
seamlessly; it’s all in the mind.

Do you know your body reacts and
responds to what you believe? Your body
is not independent of your mind; your
body has a way of responding to your
belief system. What your mind tells your
body is what your body obeys.

I read a story recently about a lady who
while as a teenager used to be on the big
side; she was fat. This made her so
uncomfortable because many of her
friends made fun of her and
consequently she developed a low self-
esteem.

In her late teenage years and early
twenties however, she began to work on
her weight through regular exercises and
diet, in fact she wasn’t dieting, she was
practically abstaining from food; anytime
she felt she had eaten too much she
would look for a way to throw it up.
This continued for so many years and
after a while her system just stop
retaining anything ingested. No matter
how little it was she ate, she would throw
up even if she didn’t want to; she had
developed anorexia. It became a major
health issue for her and she had to see a
psychologist.

Anything you feel you can’t do today is
only in your mind. Immediately your mind
begins to consider the possibility of
doing it, your body will naturally adjust to
obey your mind.

Dear friend, what you believe today is
absolutely an outcome of the information
you have. The kind of information
exposed to and stored up in your mind
over the years determines your belief
system.

The quality of information gathered and
retained can also be influenced by your
environment and those who raised you.
The quality of information you carry can
also be influenced by your choice of
media exposure. What you watch on TV,
listen to on the radio, read off the pages
of newspapers and magazines as well as
the internet determines your mindset.
The quality of information you have can
also be determined by your friends,
mentors and religious leaders.

What you hear or read and believe will
determine or shape your belief system,
what you believe will determine what you
do and how you respond to life issues,
how you respond to life issues will
determine the quality and value of your
accomplishments.

When you limit yourself in your mind, you
will miss and let go of the best
opportunities for greatness and trans-
generational achievements.
What you believe determines what you do
or don’t do. What you believe determines
how you plan your life’s journey, what
you chase and your sense of urgency.
What you believe determines who you
compare with, where you compete and
how you compete. What you believe
makes you great or small, what you
believe determines who you envy and
what makes you jealous, what you believe
determines what you fight for, what kind
of fights you fight and who you should
ignore.

What you believe would determine your
work-life pattern, your career path, and
how you invest in you.
What you believe determines your daily
activities and routine. For example I love
football so much, but unfortunately I
can’t create much time for this
entertainment because of my career
type, my work demands and my ambition.

Time is of extreme importance to me, I
have to let go of football to move very
fast on my dreams.
It’s amazing the number of intelligent
and exposed employees with very small
and conservative post retirement dreams.
Most top people who are in paid
employment that currently make millions
for their employers want to open a small
shop and do buying and selling after
retirement. They tell themselves they will
be too tired and weak to do much and
unfortunately, their bodies would agree
and align with the thought.
How about establishing a multi-million
naira business and engage people to run
it? Why a small shop?

Dear friend, destroy every self-limiting
belief today, there’s nothing you can’t do;
the power is in your mind, what do you
believe?