"You have your set of beliefs and self-imposed limitations."
Your story is what you say and believe about yourself. It's like living inside a clear capsule. Inside that capsule you know who you are. You know what you can and cannot do.
You have your set of beliefs and self-imposed limitations. Your story is about what happened to you, in the past, and why you are the way you are. Your whole family can tell you your story. We have stories about our money, our bodies, our careers, our creativity. Stories limit us.
The problem is, we don't think it's a story. We think it's who we are. It's me. The object is to identify as it not being you. ... I heard everybody telling the same story: “My father left me;” “My boyfriend doesn't love me.”
Your story is what you say and believe about yourself. It's like living inside a clear capsule. Inside that capsule you know who you are. You know what you can and cannot do.
You have your set of beliefs and self-imposed limitations. Your story is about what happened to you, in the past, and why you are the way you are. Your whole family can tell you your story. We have stories about our money, our bodies, our careers, our creativity. Stories limit us.
The problem is, we don't think it's a story. We think it's who we are. It's me. The object is to identify as it not being you. ... I heard everybody telling the same story: “My father left me;” “My boyfriend doesn't love me.”
I wanted to scream, “Don't you get it? It's just a story! That's not who you are!”
The biggest shift people can make is to write it down. What's that story you've been telling yourself?
The biggest shift people can make is to write it down. What's that story you've been telling yourself?
Debbie Ford
