The 3 Limiting Beliefs Of Busy Professionals

I find there are 3 limiting beliefs that constantly come up for busy professionals, keeping them stuck at a level of career and personal success that is falling short of their full potential.

This is particularly true for professionals with big career ambitions (who really want to make their mark on the world!) and have big personal responsibilities (like providing for their families)...

Limiting belief #1 - Time on self-care takes away from time doing other things.

This is often mistaken because we all have only 24 hours in a day, and time doing anything means you forfeit spending that time doing anything else, right?

That doesn’t give the full picture. What’s more important than the quantity of time we spend on something is the quality of time we spend. It’s more appropriate to see time spent exercising, or on your self-care, as an investment. Prioritizing your health and energy means that you can focus better on everything else, which overall produces more output and better results.

Limiting belief #2 - A better life is more productive.

I believe productivity is improperly defined, and misunderstanding the true meaning of it causes us to compulsively seek to do more. A more productive day means we did a lot of things…

But truly exceptional, high-quality days aren’t optimized for productivity. They’re designed for intentionality. It’s not just doing more things, it’s doing more of the right things that produce the highest leverage results in our work, health, and life. That’s what we actually want when we seek to be more productive, so pursue it directly.

Limiting belief #3 - I just can’t do it all.

Many people get hung up on comparing things to how they used to be - their level of fitness, number of hobbies, time spent with friends… And they get discouraged because they’re falling short of the standard they have for themself.

The more accurate truth is that people can’t do it like they used to, and it’s true! But they’re not meant to.

Priorities change. Life evolves.

And rather than trying to be the person they used to be in a previous environment, they need to update their expectations for themselves so that they’re fair to the realities of the present. This helps them align on the version of ‘doing it all’ that fits with this chapter of their life.

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