In my work with young adults and emerging leaders, I’ve learned that the greatest barriers are rarely external. They are the quiet, constant thoughts that whisper, “You’re not ready. You’re not enough. People like you don’t get there.”
If you don’t confront these limiting beliefs, you’ll shrink your decisions to fit your fears instead of your calling.
Step 1: Name the Story You’re Telling Yourself
Every limitation starts as a story. “I’m too young.” “I don’t have the right connections.” “My background disqualifies me.”
Write these down honestly. When you see them on paper, you stop treating them as facts and start seeing them as narratives you can change.
Step 2: Confront It With Truth
As a person of faith, I always come back to what God says about identity, purpose, and calling. Pair each limiting belief with a truth:
“I’m too young” → Your youth is an advantage when combined with wisdom and humility.
“I don’t have the right connections” → Character and competence will open rooms that contacts alone cannot.
“My background disqualifies me” → Your story, redeemed, becomes part of your authority.
Step 3: Take One Bold, Aligned Action
The fastest way to silence a lie is to move in the opposite spirit. Send the email. Apply for the role. Volunteer to lead. Start the project.
You don’t break limiting beliefs by waiting for confidence; you break them by taking courageous, consistent action rooted in truth.
