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Limiting Beliefs
The best Paper Napkin Wisdom conversations on limiting beliefs, chosen and in order.
Zahra Al-Harazi grew up in Yemen being told what she couldn't and shouldn't do. Whatever cage she was in, someone else's or her own, was never locked. Tom Bilyeu makes the same point from another side. Your beliefs about what's possible are mostly choices. So choose the ones that move you toward the goal.
Patrick Gentempo looks for contradictions. Two beliefs cancel each other out, often about money, picked up in the back seat of a car at six years old. Find the contradiction and action follows. Gina Mollicone-Long explains why change feels uncomfortable. The brain predicts sameness and pulls you back. Clay Hebert says the gatekeepers are all gone except one, and it's you.
My own episodes here are about the stories leaders tell themselves. We're not ready to scale. I can't find good people. When I ask whether the story is true, there is always a pause. And a story can be rewritten.
“There is no lock on the cage.”
Zahra Al-Harazi, Episode 152
Start here: the top 10
1
Become Who You Are Before You Have the Proof: Gina Mollicone-Long
Episode 200 · Gina Mollicone-Long
Become who you are before you have the proof.
2
There's No Lock on the Cage: Zahra Al-Harazi on Limiting Beliefs
Episode 152 · Zahra Al-Harazi
Zahra Al-Harazi: there is no lock on the cage; the limits were never locked.
3
How to Change Beliefs That Hold a Founder Back: Tom Bilyeu
Episode 165 · Tom Bilyeu
Tom Bilyeu on choosing the beliefs that move a founder toward the goal.
4
How to Change the Stories You Tell Yourself as a Leader
Episode 310 · Edge of the Napkin
How to notice and rewrite the stories you tell yourself as a leader.
5
How to Reprogram Your Brain and Become the Leader You Admire
Episode 344 · Edge of the Napkin
Reprogramming your brain to become the leader you admire.
6
Why Change Feels Uncomfortable: Gina Mollicone-Long on Adapting
Episode 201 · Gina Mollicone-Long
Why change feels uncomfortable, and why the brain pulls you back to old patterns.
7
Why Founders Stall: Patrick Gentempo on Hidden Contradictions
Episode 111 · Patrick Gentempo
Patrick Gentempo: founders stall on hidden contradictions in beliefs they don't know they hold.
8
Stop Waiting for Permission: Clay Hebert on the Last Gatekeeper
Episode 131 · Clay Hebert
Clay Hebert: you are the last gatekeeper; stop waiting for permission.
9
Stop Waiting to Be Invited: Amanda Carpenter on Playing Small
Episode 209 · Amanda Carpenter
Amanda Carpenter: stop playing small and waiting to be invited.
10
Why Your Past Looks Different Now Than It Did Then
Episode 400 · Edge of the Napkin
Why your past looks different now: the facts didn't move, your reading of them did.
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