#2: 3 Steps to Shift Your Limiting Beliefs and Improve Your Job Search

2020-06-24

June 24, 2020 In this episode, Melanie explains what limiting beliefs are and how your limiting beliefs could be affecting your success with your job search or career transition. You will learn 3 easy steps to help you shift your limiting beliefs and improve your chance or achieving your goals. Not only with your job search, but also in any area of your life you would like to improve. Here is a quick summary of the 3 steps:

June 24, 2020

In this episode, Melanie explains what limiting beliefs are and how your limiting beliefs could be affecting your success with your job search or career transition.

You will learn 3 easy steps to help you shift your limiting beliefs and improve your chance or achieving your goals. Not only with your job search, but also in any area of your life you would like to improve.

Here is a quick summary of the 3 steps:

Identify your limiting beliefs
Reframe your limiting beliefs
Repeat and reinforce your new beliefs

Here is a summary of the episode:

[00:56] Limiting beliefs are formed from thoughts we keep thinking about ourselves or a particular situation. They are formed from passed experiences or patterns of behaviour.
[01:26] Melanie shares an example of a limiting belief that affected her early in life.
[02:04] Melanie shares an example of a limiting belief that might be formed during your job search or career transition.
[03:03] The three steps are; identify your limiting beliefs, reframe your limiting beliefs, and repeat and reinforce your new supportive beliefs.
[03:19] Melanie explains how you can identify your limiting beliefs. Think about applying for a job or imagine the last time you applied for a job or attended an interview. Ask yourself, what were the thoughts you were having. Write these down. Some examples of these thoughts might be; "this is a long-shot, I don't have a chance" or "I'm not fully qualified for this job so no one is going to call me back."
[04:58] So how do you know if they are limiting beliefs? The easiest way to tell, is to think about your belief and write down how it makes you feel. If it makes you feel fearful, worried, overwhelmed or any other negative feeling would be considered limiting beliefs. They don't support the goal you want to achieve.
[07:15] Step two is to reframe your limiting beliefs. Start by writing down how you would rather feel. Then identify a more supportive belief that connects to that feeling.
[09:47] Step three is to repeat and reinforce your new supportive beliefs. This is all about making your belief stick. So that it becomes who you are and what you believe. This takes 30 days of consistent action. Melanie shares some simple and fun options and ideas to help you do this.
[12:43] Melanie recaps the three steps to shift your limiting beliefs.
[14:13] A job search is more like a marathon than a sprint. Don't give up on yourself. It takes time! Rejection is part of the process.
[15:04] Melanie has a handy worksheet to help guide you through these steps! Download it at the link below!