Soar to Success February 2017

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One day, I pulled out of my
driveway and headed down the
street. I was noticing that the car
was sluggish and wondered what
was going on. When I discovered
that I still had the emergency
brake on, I was relieved. That was
a QUICK FIX! All I had to do was
release the brakes and instantly
my car rolled forward with ease!
WHEW! Glad that’s all it was!
Sometimes when people are
trying to move forward, it is as
if the brakes are on! They’re
STUCK and can’t seem to get
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labored. They are operating as
if something is working against
them, holding them back. DOES
THIS DESCRIBE YOU?
If you discovered your emergency
brakes were on, would you just
compensate for that by pushing
harder on the gas? No! Of course
not! You would do exactly
what I did and simply RELEASE
THE BRAKES! Then you would
instantly roll forward smoothly
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In your life and work, you may be
working really hard, but despite
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moving forward fast enough. You
feel stuck! It could be that you
are actually pushing on the gas
instead of releasing the brakes!
But … what ARE the brakes?
Good question! If you don’t
identify them, you can’t release
them! So often people grow
up with limiting beliefs about
their worthiness to achieve or to
receive big things; or they grow
up with beliefs about how terrible
money is: “Money doesn’t grow
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“Money doesn’t buy happiness!”
Sound familiar?
These phrases stay with you
growing up and shape the
foundation of your belief system.
They live in your subconscious
mind and govern how you act
and what you do.
So for example, if consciously
you know you want more money,
but subconsciously you are
saying; “Money is the root of
Are you Stuck in a Rut?
BREAK OUT AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE 4 STEPS!
BY LEANNE CANNON
SOAR TO SUCCESS / FEBRUARY 2017 / Personal Growth Strategies