What's Holding You Back?

A few days ago I attended an event with my friend David (that's him, in blue, with one of the teachers, John Assaraf). It was "Quantum Quest - an evening with teachers from The Secret". A few weeks before that, there was meeting Jack Canfield, co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. These types of events can be very powerful if you are in a state where you can allow yourself to open up and expand. That's the whole point. To learn from the best in order to grow yourself. To have those who have done it give you a boost.

So did I get my boost? You bet. I even told my buddy after Jack Canfield's talk that there would be "no more foolin' around" and again reinforced that statement after Quantum Quest.

The truth is that no matter how much we think we can do something on our own, we all need to surround ourselves with positive people and influences as much as possible. We can all benefit from meeting others who can help us expand our awareness of what we believe we can achieve. Either by reading their books, watching their dvd's, listening to their cd's, taking their courses, meeting them at seminars and events, ect. Even choosing more positive, encouraging and mind-expanding people to hang out with has a HUGE influence on the type of thinking that you will get into the habit of doing and the type of person you are.

On the flip side, and I don't want to sound like a jerk saying this but, to be the best that you can be, you must eliminate or at least greatly reduce the amount of contact you have with anyone who holds you back, pulls you down, discourages you and is otherwise negative, whiny or complaining. If it's someone in your familly or at work (and the rest of the people at work are great) then just see or talk to them only if you absolutely have to. If you don't have to see them, don't.

Don't be an ass about it either! You can still be cordial and polite with them, silently wishing them all the best in their journey. It just won't be with you, at least not as things are now.

Anyway, surround yourself with books and dvd's and people and things that help you to believe in your dreams and help you to achieve them. That was the message of all the speakers of these events:

We can all achieve anything we can imagine... when we remove our own self-imposed limitations.

Each had their own way of removing the obstacles in our path, the things that are stopping us from being who we most desire to be. It could be our actions, our thoughts, our beliefs, our subconscious programming, our hierarchy of values, our fear... The energy is always there, most of us just have our foot on the brakes.

What's holding you back?

CHB

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