What is holding you back?
Feeling stuck is a normal human experience. What is not normal is staying stuck and feeling helpless and powerless to break free and chart a new course for your life.
๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐โ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐?
Psychologists have a name for this, and it is called ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ - ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ด๐บ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ช๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ฎ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ.
To illustrate the concept of learned helplessness, let me tell you a quick story of how elephants are trained.
Traditionally, when elephants are young, trainers tie them to a small stick or post anchored in the ground. At that age, the elephants are not yet strong enough to break free, ๐จ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐จ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ข ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. As they grow older and stronger, ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ข๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ and often do not attempt to break free, even though they now have the strength to do so.
Can you imagine this? An elephant with the capacity to lift over 300kg with its trunk is unable to uproot a small stick weighing less than 30kg because of its conditioning. The elephant believes that it is limited or powerless, even when those limitations are no longer real or relevant.
๐๐จ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐ค ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ:
๐ What restraints have I become accustomed to?
๐ In what areas of my life do I currently feel limited or powerless? Are these limitations actually real? Or have I been programmed to believe they are real?
๐If an elephant, with the strength to lift over 300kg, remains bound by a small stake due to its past conditioning, what ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐-๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ might I be holding onto that prevents me from reaching my full potential?
๐ How might I be limiting myself to a ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ญ when I possess the capability for a ๐๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐๐ญ?
Feeling stuck is a normal human experience. What is not normal is staying stuck and feeling helpless and powerless to break free and chart a new course for your life.
The good news is, there is a way to unlearn learned helplessness and Iโm excited to reveal some impactful strategies tomorrow that will empower you to liberate yourself from the mental constraints that limit your true potential.
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