A few months ago my partner started to point out that I say “I can’t” an awful lot. Whenever I was given a task that I thought was too challenging for me to take on, or if it was something I had never done before, the “I can’t” would start coming out of my mouth. I can’t, I don’t have the time. I can’t, I don’t know how. I can’t, it’s too hard.  I knew he was right, although I didn’t want to admit it. “I can’t” had become my new mantra.

The funny thing is, after I would carry on about how I couldn’t do something, I would always end up going ahead and getting it done anyway. I proved myself wrong every time.

For the New Year I decided it was time for an attitude adjustment. I was going to turn my I can’t into I can. As a result I found myself pushing past my preconceived limits of what I was, or was not capable of. I started at the gym with stepping up my workouts. I’ve been lifting weights for 15 years, but there have been certain exercises that I never attempted. They just looked too hard. When my partner suggested that I give these new movements a try, I went for it. After all my new mantra is I can. I couldn’t believe the results, as you can see for yourself. A few months ago I would think that  there was no way I could attempt these exercises. But with my new attitude I was able to shatter those mental and physical limitations. 

I then started to apply my new mantra to my work. In my practice I am learning something new every day. And with being a relatively new business there are tons of skills and tasks that I am still figuring out how to navigate. In the past I use to hand those complicated tasks off to my partner who has more experience, as I was too scared to take them on myself. Now I take them head on. If I don’t understand it I research, I ask questions, but I do it. I find that I am surprising myself every day with what I actually do know. I am smarter and more business savvy then I thought. But I never would have known that if I was still stuck in I can’t.

This whole experience has made me realize how often we hold ourselves back. Now I am looking for lots of ways in my life to shatter my old limiting beliefs. I realize that I am capable of so much more then I thought. My confidence has increased as a result, and I am a lot less scared to take on new challenges.

Where in your life are you holding yourself back? How often do you limit yourself because of preconceived beliefs? Are those beliefs really true? How do you know?

This week prove yourself wrong. Do something that you didn’t think you were capable of. Once you shatter one limiting belief it will be easy to take on the others. I guarantee that you are capable of so much more then you think. Tap into that unbounded potential this week and show yourself what you are made of!