Stuck in a good salary and limiting beliefs!

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By Jessica McGrego... on 28 May 2008 at 21:35

Absolutely no idea? Or is it that you can't see how to make an idea work? Often we dismiss ideas before we've even given them a chance because our limiting beliefs and decisions don't even allow us to explore any ideas as they are outside our normal frame of reference.

Maybe it is time to challenge some of these beliefs. Are there people in the world who have really interesting jobs and are well paid? I can think of one - me! Start to take off the blinkers and see that in fact many people have interesting jobs and are well paid for what they do. The ones who aren't are the ones who believe that they can't be.

Our world is created by what we believe. We literally filter out information in line with our beliefs, values, memories, attitudes, and the way we see the world. Over 2 million bits of information come towards us every second of every day - passes through all our internal filters and only approx 134 bits get through. That's a lot left out!

Now we need these filters or we would go mad with all that information bombarding our senses, but the good news is that once we become aware of the filters we have in place, particularly our beliefs, we can start to literally see the world in a different way.

So I recommend that your first step is to look at your beliefs and get ready to challenge them. For a start, pretend that you can have a great job and be well paid. Literally act as if it were true. Then start to look around you and see what opportunities might be available if it were true.

You don't have to know how you will achieve it, the first step to any change is deciding on the 'what'. What would you enjoy doing? What sector interests you? What kind of people would you like to work with? What has caught your eye in the past? Who do you know with an interesting job? What are you passionate about? Once you allow yourself to even think along these lines then new ideas can come and you can start to follow new lines of research and exploration.

I also recommend you do some work around changing your decisions and beliefs. They only came about in the first place because you had an experience that caused you to assign meaning to it. If you've assigned a meaning once you can change that at a deep level. There are many modalities that can help, NLP, neurological re-patterning and different kinds of belief change work.

In the book Illusions by Richard Bach there is a saying in the handbook that says "Argue for your limitations and sure enough they are yours". If we hold on too tight to how we see the world then that is what we will get. Henry Ford said "Whether you think you can or you can't, you are right".

Start to challenge your beliefs - those are what are getting in the way of you creating a job that grabs your interest, that motivates you to want to go to work everyday and do the best you can.

As for the money, the practical side, your solution is in what you wrote. Get a handle on what you spend. Write a money diary every day for two weeks. Every penny you spend even down to a cup of coffee. Write out all your standing orders and household expenses and become absolutely aware of where your money goes. Once you've done that you will see exactly where you are squandering it and that gives you back choice. Step up and take back the responsibility and you will find you have many more choices that you thought possible.

Your life is your choice, and choices arise from the actions we take and the things we choose to believe. Start to work on changing these and no longer will you feel resigned and have to think 'this is it for the rest of my life?" Instead you will begin to use that creativity that you know you have, to create the life you both want and deserve.

Jessica offers a free introductory session to discuss how she can help you identify and make the move you want; if you would like to arrange a time for her to call you please email her at jessica@jessicamcgregorjohnson.com or call +34 958 639 593. For more information visit http://www.jessicamcgregorjohnson.com/

She works internationally as a Life Coach enabling people to follow their dream and gain fulfilment in every area of life. Using not only the traditional coaching tools of conversation, exploration and creating accountability she also adds in powerful processes of Christopher Howard Results Technologies^® and Neurological Re-patterning^TM that enables change to take place both internally and externally. She has worked with many career shifters and particularly enjoys using her own life experience, including her time in the corporate world, to support those making whatever move they choose.