Have you ever set yourself a challenge goal, known exactly what you needed to do in order to reach it, followed through on your action steps, and still had trouble achieving the goal?
Goals such as:
- permanently losing that 10-15 pounds that you’ve lost and regained over the years since graduating from college;
- writing and publishing the book that shares valuable information that will make you an expert in your business niche;
- creating your first online program.
It’s so frustrating and defeating to feel like you’re working so hard, doing what you need to do to get where you want to go, and finding that the needle still isn’t budging.
In this age where everything is figureoutable thanks to Google searches, YouTube videos, and podcasts, there’s no shortage of information that you can glean to create your to-do lists to reach your goals.
The problem isn’t the to-do list or the lack of knowledge.
It’s the fact that our subconscious mind doesn’t always believe that we can accomplish what we set out to do.
So maybe you want to write that book that’s percolating inside of you, but your subconscious mind is telling you that you aren’t disciplined enough to sit down and do it.
Or maybe you want to have a million dollars in your bank account, but your subconscious mind is telling you that you don’t deserve to have money and that it’s selfish to want so much.
Even though we may have great intentions, great task follow through and really desire to achieve our goals, too often our subconscious mind sabotages our best-laid plans.
The problem isn’t just our to-do lists and our motivation.
It’s that we’re not vibrating at the right frequency to attract and manifest what we most desire.
It’s akin to trying to convince someone else to eat the pie that we just baked, even though we tried it ourselves and wouldn’t have seconds–it just doesn’t taste that good.
This is where a belief plan comes in.
A belief plan is a set of two or three statements that you write from the standpoint of a person who has already reached the goal you wish to obtain. This perspective has no doubt because the goal has already been achieved.
What lens does that person who has already achieved the goal (having a million dollars in the bank, building a successful online program, maintaining their ideal weight for 10 years) use as they approach the actions that will get them to that goal?
They start with belief statements like these and act upon them:
- I am valuable and wealthy.
- I attract money effortlessly.
- I love money and money loves me.
Working from this strong, positive belief plan shifts your perspective so that you stop focusing on what you don’t have and feel pumped about what you know is absolutely possible for you.
You see, taking action from the perspective of someone who has already achieved their goals is a complete game changer.
It helps you come from a place of excitement and faith, and it also helps you to detach from the outcome so that you no longer feel like so much of your ego is involved with each success or failure.
You can persevere, have momentum, when you’re working from the belief that you’ll get there in the end, in spite of the bumps and challenges that you face.
Here’s the thing.
When you truly believe that your dreams are already possible and are real for you, you don’t have to worry that you won’t be able to make them happen.
Consequently, you’re able to focus on inspired action, staying in faith.
You also find it easier to detach your ego from your outcomes because you’re working from the belief that things will work out, and if they haven’t, it’s just not the end of the story.
Most importantly, your subconscious expands so that you can hold onto the belief that this possibility is a reality for you.
You’re no longer having to self-sabotage and beat yourself up for it.
Want to know how to create a successful belief plan?
First, think about what you would need to believe about yourself and the world to feel like it’s absolutely within your power to achieve your goal. Write these statements down.
Second, look at these beliefs again, and really imagine that you’ve reached your goals and then some, and make sure that you truly have the belief statements that someone would have who has achieved this dream.
Sometimes we have trouble getting beyond our limiting beliefs because it can be so hard to get past our own thoughts.
If you think this may be happening to you, run your belief statements by someone you trust to give you feedback, preferably someone who has achieved what you want to achieve or is open to taking risks and making big hairy goals for themselves.
Now that you have your new belief plan, ask yourself the following questions:
- When I’m believing those thoughts, what will be the things that I will work on doing?
- What do I need to be doing?
- How do I need to be thinking?
- What do I need to believe?
- Are the things that I’m planning to do, fueling the beliefs from my belief plan?
- How does my body feel when I have this belief? Spend time feeling it in your body. Maybe the way that you are approaching things is completely different.
The answers to these questions will form your to-do list and tasks for the day.
Experiment with your belief plan.
Switch up the belief statements that you use each day.
See which belief statements inspire you to take action from a really confident, trusting place.
Make sure to write your belief statements using present tense, as if you already have want you want. (I am vs. I will; I have vs. I am going to have).
Carry the belief plan around with you all day and say it to yourself/read it to yourself/visualize it.
Embody your beliefs.
How do you know your belief plan is working for you?
You know you’re going in the right direction when you feel inspired and excited when you take action and when this shifts how you see yourself.
You also know that your belief plan is effective because you’re getting measurable results, e.g., you’re losing weight, saving more money, writing chapters, etc.
The ultimate goal of the belief plan is to shift your identity and how you see yourself so that you can bring your goal to fruition.
You’re not this person who wants this intention. You’re the person who already has what you most desire.
And so it is.
