Are your thoughts limiting you?

For many years I believed I was not a good writer.

My husband is an amazing writer so I always compared myself to him.

He’s a good writer and I am not — that was the thought.

That thought became a belief because I thought it so frequently.

Actually, I believed it was a fact, even though it was simply a thought I chose to think at some point in my life.

Who knows, someone might have told me I wasn’t good at writing or maybe I came to that conclusion on my own while comparing myself to others.

Because I believed I was not a good writer, I resisted writing. I hated it.

I created a lot of drama (fear and worry) in my head when I needed to write.

Over the last year I recognized that this thought was limiting me.

I had goals for myself and writing was necessary for me to reach my goals.

I did not want to have those limiting thoughts anymore so I decided consciously to make a change.

Instead, I practiced these thoughts:

Do you know what results have come from this thinking?

I’ve been writing more and getting better through practice.

I’ve eliminated the drama that used to come along with writing.

Writing is now really fun for me.

I still have room to grow in this skill but I feel much more confident as I practice.

Do you have similar limiting thoughts about your spoken English?

Do you resist speaking or feel fear or worry when you speak in English?

If so, I encourage you to make a conscious change in your thinking.

Borrow some of my thoughts and replace ‘writing’ with ‘speaking English’.

Confidence starts with your thinking.

And your thoughts are within your control.