The power of belief is astounding. I encourage you to study its mysteries for yourself and see what changes you truly do have the power to make.

All failure begins this way:

People start out with high hopes about fulfilling their dreams, their life purpose, being successful, becoming balanced, happy and fulfilled, becoming wealthy, etc....., but when their perception of their circumstances suggests a lesser outcome is more likely (perhaps an unexpected obstacle arises), their reaction becomes the initial seed of failure. This process destroys the dreams of countless people. One of the myriad benefits of getting life purpose coaching or Money Mastery coaching is that the coach will help you to see the obstacles for what they are and hold you accountable to pursuing and fulfilling the dreams or intentions you initially brought to your coach.

Take a look at how this process works:

1. We all have two parts in our thinking: One is our dream or goal, and the second is the belief (conscious or subconscious limiting belief) that it might not ever happen. This is where most people start out. This is like driving with the parking brake on- the parking brake makes it extremely difficult to move forward much less achieve acceleration or transformation. It takes tremendous effort on the engine's part, consumes a tremendous amount of fuel in order to move forward AND it's highly stressful and will create damage. In this analogy, we can all see that it makes no sense to operate a car this way. Yet, many of us do attempt to operate our lives and our businesses this way and we wonder why we don't succeed or why we can't do everything needed to succeed. We wonder why our spiritual, personal, and economic growth is slow or difficult. So often it's a case of looking at only half of the equation (the doing half) and forgetting the other half: WHO/HOW you have to BE to succeed.

2. Next, something begins to spark or inspire a person to take action on their dream, their life purpose, or their mission. Yet, not having a full understanding of the Laws of Success, they may not be aware of or receptive to the changes, the personal and spiritual growth required to realize their dream outcome. Many individuals are not open to growth and change; this shows up as resistance.

3. Their subconscious may manifest an obstacle to keep them from experiencing anything "new" – a prerequisite for moving forward. This new challenge is perceived as a point of failure.

It is at this point in a person's journey where moving forward becomes too painful or fearful, and a person usually chooses to stay "safe", to remain in the realm of what they've known and are comfortable with. This is known as one's comfort zone. Being willing to move out of one's comfort zone allows one to move forward, see the bigger win they are hoping for, and move into the growth and change necessary!

For any kind of change to occur, some sort of shift is necessary. Your beliefs control your perception of everything in your world, which in turn creates your reality. If you want to change your results, you must change your beliefs AND shift your perception. Until you shift your perception and your beliefs, you will continue to make choices that keep you where you are. Without such a shift, you will likely feel defeated and give up on your dreams.

In theory, it's really simple ... but in practice, many people find it difficult because they really don't understand all beliefs are nothing but illusions anyway. These illusions are so strong people think that they are real and they lack the knowledge, training or guidance to transform their beliefs.

Kamila Harkavy, longtime OPEN EXCHANGE lister, offers powerful tools to facilitate your transformation in our Coaching & Lifework category.

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