In this episode, Stu McLaren (who filled in for my regular cohost Michele Cushatt) and I discussed how to defeat the beliefs that are holding you back.

Most of the things that hold us back are not external. They’re inside our heads and hearts, the limiting beliefs that keep us from making meaningful progress toward our goals—or even setting those goals to begin with.

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MICHAEL HYATT WITH MICHELE CUSHATT This is Your Life Podcast

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In this episode, you’ll discover:

• What an English Setter can teach you about your personal limitations.
  


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  How negative beliefs about ourselves affect our employment, health, relationships, and more—and how to turn them around.

  
  


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  The danger of taking one or a handful of limited experiences and generalizing them across our entire life.

  
  


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  How we harm ourselves by the assumptions we make about others.

  
  


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  How self-fulfilling prophecies operate in business, and why changing our perception is sometimes all it takes to shake free.

  
  


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  The way limiting beliefs kept salesmen in one industry from generating new leads.

  
  


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  One simple solution for transcending limiting beliefs and making progress toward significant goals in our lives.

  
  

“ Belief is a wonderful thing, but only if it’s rooted in reality. —MICHAEL HYATT

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You can download a complete, word-for-word transcript of this episode here, courtesy of Ginger Schell, a professional transcriptionist, who does all my transcriptions.

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Explore Additional Resources

In this episode we mentioned the following resources:

• Book: 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey


• Book: Thou Shall Prosper by Rabbi Daniel Lapin

About Us

Michael Hyatt is the author of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World. Recognized by magazines like Forbes and Inc as an important online marketing and leadership expert, he’s also the founder of Platform University and 5 Days to Your Best Year Ever. Read more about him here.

Michele Cushatt is a popular speaker and author. Follow her on Facebook, Twitter, or her blog. She’s a three-time cancer survivor with a powerful, personal story. Listen to it here or read about it in her memoir, Undone: A Story of Making Peace with an Imperfect Life.

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