Limiting beliefs

At the Life Club this week we looked at something that come up a lot in coaching situations - Limiting Beliefs (beliefs you hold which limit what you think of as being possible for yourself). A crucial part of dealing with these little beggars is of course being aware that they're there in the first place. One of the participants raised a very good question - how do you spot them? A few tips came to mind. But I kept thinking about it, because I felt I hadn't quite got to the nub. And I think the nub is this: you don't. In the normal course of events, that is. In the usual, within-the-comfort-zone routine, you don't see them because you don't even go near them. You have to be in the process of going beyond that comfort zone before you come up against limiting beliefs, as they try to push you back into comfort.

What you can't do is eliminate your limiting beliefs before you set out on some new enterprise. You just have to get out there, machete in hand, and hack your way through them while you're on the hoof. But then, isn't that part of the excitement? What's the point of doing something new if it feels exactly like what you already do? Why go to France and eat cheddar? (Another Fauxtation there, methinks...)