How to Believe in Yourself – Part of Chapter V of the upcoming book “Find Your Passion”
How to Believe in Yourself – Part of Chapter V of the book “Find Your Passion”
Today, we’ll explore potential unconscious biases and limiting beliefs around personal growth.
This area of your life is important for the collective beliefs that can stop you from discovering and following your passion. If you don’t grow as a person, you won’t grow as a professional. The less you grow, the less value you provide others and the less likely you will be to turn your passion into a career with more impact, income, and fulfillment. So, keep an eye on the following beliefs:
“Intelligence Is Reason”
Wrong. Intelligence is not limited to reason or your reasoning and analytical skills. Are the last ones useful? Absolutely. Are they necessary for you to discover and get paid for your passion? Absolutely not—nor are they required for you to be both happy and successful. They are required for you should you want to pursue a career where analytical thinking is necessary, such as in S.T.E.M. fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics).
What about all the IQ tests that are asked for by employers and colleges to evaluate your intelligence, even if they’re related very little to your role or studies? At the end of the day, everyone wants to hire and work with smart people, right? But these evaluations are obsolete and insufficient to evaluate one’s intelligence. They are based on models of the Industrial Revolution, where IQ tests were designed to assess whether one has any mental illness or not. They were never designed to evaluate your ability to reason and analyze, much less your intelligence. They were created to measure the minimum, not the maximum, of your reasoning skills.
Furthermore, intelligence is much broader than reasoning because not only does it include analytical thinking, but also a person’s unique talents and natural strengths. Intelligence is in communication, music, designing, dancing, writing, speaking, building, singing, investing, running, swimming, inspiring, leading, negotiating, cooking, caring, loving, and problem-solving! That last one is a product of reason, but it’s just a tiny part of intelligence. Overall, intelligence includes any natural strength and talent. It’s your natural genius. It’s your “superpower”! That’s right. You have your own unique superpower! And it doesn’t have to be reasoning, just like a fish doesn’t have to climb a tree, a bee doesn’t have to dive into the sea, and a human doesn’t need to fly.
That’s exactly why you should stop wondering if you’re smart and start exploring how to tap into your inner genius and discover your greatest superpower.
Now, write down and read out loud 3 times in front of a mirror the statement below. Read them with love and fierce confidence.
– My intelligence is infinite. I tap into it every day.
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About Author
JimPanos
Born in Athens, Greece and now based in Geneva, Switzerland, Jim Panos is a graduate of Democritus University of Thrace, Law School, a participant of Erasmus+ Program in Université de Liège, Belgium, a marathon runner and a strong advocate of human diversity, speaking Greek, English, French and Spanish. As a passionate champion of humanism, human rights and personal development, Jim strongly believes that every human being deserves an outstanding and fulfilling life. After accomplishing his Law studies and after 8 years of searching for the work he truly loves, he fell in love with coaching. In spite of the social and family pressure, Jim listened to his gut feeling and pursued his passion: Serving and inspiring people to discover and pursue their passion. He attended and completed his coaching training in London through the Co-Active Training Institute(CTI) Core Curriculum and Certification program, certified by International Coach Federation(ICF), the largest coaches association in the world, and started out his coaching business. Being a passionate advocate of lifelong learning, Jim keeps on attending and looking for the best professional coaching techniques and training in the world, constantly deepening and empowering his coaching skills. The cornerstones of his coaching are passion, positivity, directness, integrity and championing. Last but not least, Jim longs for breaking his comfort zones and being challenged, hence challenging plays a key role in his coaching style as well. In a modern culture that promotes work just as a money-making tool, for people to survive and get by, Jim Panos is the Transformational Career Coach who empowers professionals across the globe to find their dream career, by inspiring them to discover and follow their passion. His vision is to serve and inspire 3 billion people in 195 countries to find their passion at work!