Today, I was asked to eliminate a belief I have. I chose to eliminate: I am not good enough. It is a recent realization that I sort of compare myself to others and I always end up feeling second best. I feel like no matter what I do or how hard I try I will never be good enough. Anyway as part of the [31 Day Reset], I was asked to go to Morty Lefkoe's website and sign up to eliminate at least one of the limiting beliefs listed.
Lefkoe first, encourages you to find the source of the believe 'I am not good enough.' It's weird but he kind of help me to realize that my belief stems from my parents not praising me enough. I won awards and kept excellent grades but since those good things were my normal I didn't get recognized as much by my parents. Thus, I never felt good enough. I also realized that when I was child, my mom would yell at me for making simple mistakes. If I didn't do something right then she would tell me I am stupid or I didn't have any common sense. Her words made me feel like I would never be able to do anything right.
Lefkoe points out how I interpreted the meanings of the events is what led me to believe 'I'm not good enough'. I put the meaning into the event. I took not being able to fully satisfy my parents as be falling short. When in actuality the event, could have been interpreted as simply my parents wanting me to do even better than okay or maybe my parents were just over-reacting. Or maybe my parents had unreasonable expectations for me and that is why they are annoyed. It was not because I was not good enough. The point is I have never heard my parents say that I am not good enough. This statement is something I essentially made up in my mind. I gave meaning to the event and meaning is in my mind. Don't get me wrong my parents actions made me feel sad. It was my feelings that led me to my interpretation.
Overall, the Lefkoe, method was an eye-opener. He made me realize my belief that 'I'm not good enough' was practically silly and all in my mind. I am good enough. In fact, I am great! I think I will also go through his method for the belief 'I'm not important enough'. I have posted his website: http://www.recreateyourlife.com/free/
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