The Lies That Hold You Back
By Danek S Kaus
What lies do you tell yourself that keep you from living your dreams?
According to Steve Chandler, author of the best-seller “17 Lies That Are Holding You Back & the Truth That Will Set You Free,” we tell ourselves lies because we are afraid.
We are afraid of the unknown. We are afraid of our own power. We are afraid of being great.
And what are some of these lies? One of the biggest ones is that we don’t have enough time to take steps toward our dreams.
“You have all the time that Bill Gates has,” Chandler says. “You can do anything you want with the 24 hours you have each day. You need to tell stop telling yourself that you don’t have enough time. It’s a horrible suggestion to give your subconscious mind.”
Another lie is “it’s who you know.” Before becoming a success coach and business consultant, Chandler was part of a songwriting team. They spent countless hours trying to make the right contacts. “It was just an excuse to avoid the hard work of writing,” Chandler says.
Ultimately, he and his writing partner had their greatest success having songs recorded by performers who didn’t know them.
For many Baby Boomers, one of their favorite lies already is or may soon be “I’m too old for that.” Many who dream of starting their own small business never begin because they think that it’s too late. It’s never to late to start a new business venture.
One friend of Chandler’s began a lucrative career as a comedian at the age of fifty-two. At seventy-three, retired teacher Norman Maclean wrote the beautiful novel made into a movie, A River Runs Through It.
“The key to changing your life is to see the lies,” Chandler says. “Knowledge is power.”
Take the four-minute mile. People once thought that the human body was not designed to run a mile in under four minutes. When Roger Bannister broke the four-minute barrier, running a mile under that time became commonplace
“Humans are learning to stop lying about their limits,” Chandler says. He believes it’s time to replace the lies with dreams. “It’s the same imagination that creates both, so why not take the dreams?”
“17 Lies That Are Holding You Back & The Truth That Will Set You Free” is published by Renaissance Books. Chandler’s other books include “Reinventing Yourself,” 100 Ways To Motivate Yourself” and “The Joy of Selling.”