{"id":2529,"date":"2015-06-15T05:59:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T09:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=2529"},"modified":"2015-05-31T09:35:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T13:35:01","slug":"what-stories-do-you-tell-that-limit-your-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/what-stories-do-you-tell-that-limit-your-success\/","title":{"rendered":"What stories do you tell that limit your success?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/what-stories-do-you-tell-that-limit-your-success\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2550\" src=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/sailboat1.jpg\" alt=\"sailboat\" width=\"182\" height=\"278\" \/>I love the summer season. \u00a0It brings play, work and fun into a different space for me.<\/p>\n<p>Most of all, summer is a reminder to create, design, and intentionally write the endings to the experiences and stories of my life.<\/p>\n<p>What about you?<\/p>\n<p>Do you have stories you tell yourself that limit your opportunities?<\/p>\n<p>For years I had many &#8216;stories&#8217; that created interesting limitations. \u00a0One in particular came not from previous work experience, but rather from a sailing experience.<\/p>\n<p>In my youth, I learned to sail with my dad and family. \u00a0I enjoyed sailing and decided to buy a sailboat. \u00a0This is where my limiting story began.<\/p>\n<p>It took me years to realize how one event created so many far-reaching limitations for me. Later I was\u00a0offered an invitation to &#8216;open my sails&#8217; and I immediately said, &#8220;NO.&#8221; \u00a0 \u00a0Not, &#8220;No thank you&#8221; or &#8220;Let me have the details&#8221; &#8212; replies that would have allowed me to assess the opportunity and risk. \u00a0My reply was just &#8220;NO!&#8221; \u00a0It was a time when the winds of change were strong. \u00a0In an instant, I felt the winds on my face and decided the invitation was too risky. \u00a0Why? \u00a0On that day, I was not sure. \u00a0It was later, while talking with my coach that I sorted out the reason.<\/p>\n<p>The simple answer? \u00a0A story from the past that instantly wrote an ending to this invitation. \u00a0An ending that felt too risky.<\/p>\n<p>Do you do this with career opportunities?<\/p>\n<p>What story do you tell yourself that limits your opportunities?<\/p>\n<p>Join me next week for more about my sailing story . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love the summer season. \u00a0It brings play, work and fun into a different space for me. Most of all, summer is a reminder to create, design, and intentionally write the endings to the experiences and stories of my life. What about you? Do you have stories you tell yourself that limit your opportunities? For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[142,76,77,5],"class_list":["post-2529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-management","tag-career-management","tag-doubts","tag-fears","tag-focus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2529"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2551,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2529\/revisions\/2551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}