Your Story & Your Beliefs

Your Story & Your Beliefs

Are beliefs are deeply ingrained in us. Borne from our stories, our upbringings, our experiences and what we have seen.

And the tricky thing about beliefs, is that once that belief seeds inside of us, then we start to see evidence of it everywhere – we actually look for supporting evidence to prove to ourselves it is true. We prepare for the actions from those beliefs to play out we put our protection mechanism in place to stop that happening to us. So in the end it comes like a self-fulfilling prophecy.

We can’t often put our finger on our beliefs. They just are. Its not like they have a title and exist in a catalogue, they are just part of you.

This exercise asks you to start looking at your story and your beliefs. I am asking you to get real here. Capturing this information on paper is valuable to see your world for what it is, rather than the vortex of what is going on in your head.

Look at the stories that have shaped you and what you have taken from those. There is no right or wrong here. This may give you some incredible insights, and it may just be an exercise and getting clear on what has shaped you. Either way it is very powerful.

The stories we capture here will be used later in the program as well, so this is a great exercise to invest time in.

Enjoy. Feel. Reflect!!

What Has Shaped You - Your Back Story

Family

What has the role that different people played in your life and the impact both positive and negative they had on you. Tell their story in playing out their impact on you.

Think Mum, Dad, Aunties, Uncles, Grandparents, Siblings, Extended Family

Childhood

●Discoveries

●Tragedies

●Place(s) you grew up

●Meaningful Memories

●Turning Points

●People of Influence In Your Life

What Personal Experiences Have Shaped You

Use the events in your life as guides, narratives or stories to illustrate certain values.

Consider:

●traumatic experiences

●first business

●sporting moments

●turning points

●what happened in school

●people you look up to

●relationships

●role models

The Thoughts That Drive All Of Your Actions

Finish These Sentences . . .

●You want . . .

●You need . . .

●You don't want . . .

●You don't need . . .

●You must never have . . .

●You must never experience . . .

●You must never share . . .

●You must never see . . .

●You must never feel . . .

●Others must not . . .

●Others cannot . . .

●Others must never . . .

●How do you know when to feel bad?

●What is your primary question in life?

●What's most important to you in your life?

●What else is most important to you in life?

●What's least important to you in life?

●What do you love?

●What do you want from life?

●What do you hate?

●What's most important for you to avoid in life?

●The value that you hold most highly is (and why)?

●What are your non-negotiables on life?

●All bets are off when?

●What makes you happy?

●What makes you angry?

●What makes you sad?

Finally, some probing questions.

I want to hear both the positive aspect of each of these questions AND the negative and importantly the WHY for each aspect of positive and negative.

The negative aspect might not be immediately obvious, but in 95% of cases it is there lurking somewhere. Allow yourself the time and the reflection to see what it is.

●Whats your thoughts about money and having an abundance of money in general and why?

●What are your thoughts about you making money and why?

●What might happen if you follow your dreams? Why

●What might happen if you are successful? Why

●Do you think it is possible to have it all? Why

Insights & A’ha’s

Take this opportunity to reflect on what are your biggest insights from this exercise. Your biggest surprises and what activated you or caused a response (physical or emotional) either when you were asked the question or when you gave the response.