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Imagine a person having the following
unhelpful beliefs:
·
I’m not good at selling myself
·
I don’t really have any real impressive
accomplishments in my career
·
I haven’t got the skills to support me in
making a transition to a new role
·
I’m too old for a career change - I’m too old
to go back to study
·
I’ll never be able to find a job that I really
love.
Let’s look at the impact these unhelpful
beliefs could have when this person attends an
interview:
Belief: “I’m not very talented and don’t
really have any hope of getting through the
interview or being offered the job.”
Why bother to research the company and
practice my interview techniques?
I just know the other candidates are going to
have far more experience than me. I know I’m
going to make a fool of myself.
I feel so hopeless and uninterested in
preparing for the interview.
I don’t perform well at all in the interview.
I notice when I answer a question incorrectly
(which makes me even more nervous and
incapable of answering any further questions
appropriately).
I ruin all chances of impressing the
interviewer.
I receive a ‘you were not successful’ letter
in the mail.
I confirm and prove my belief to myself, which
is:
Belief: “I’m not very talented and don’t
really have any hope of getting through the
interview or being offered the job.”
So
you can see that this person’s limiting
beliefs became a self-fulfilling prophecy that
interfered with their ability to prepare and
present themselves professionally at the
interview, unfortunately confirming their
unhelpful belief to themselves that “they are
not talented and have no real hope of getting
through the interview”.
One of my favourite sayings is: ‘where your
attention goes your energy flows’. In other
words, what you focus your attention and
energy on is what you will attract into your
life. Now if we look at the above situation,
that person’s attention is focused primarily
on the negative which therefore created and
delivered a negative outcome for the client.
They went full circle to create exactly what
they ‘had [unfortunately] believed’.
If we take the exact same job seeker but
change the limiting beliefs to more positive
and empowering beliefs, let’s see what impact
that would have on the sequence of events.
Belief: “I am skilled, have a lot to offer an
employer, so have a great chance of getting
through the interview and being offered the
job.”
I research the company and practise my
interview techniques.
I visualise myself building rapport with the
interviewer and being able to answer all their
questions professionally.
I feel confident and ready to meet the
interviewer.
I connect instantly with the interviewer and
respond well to the questions.
I notice when I impress the interviewer with
my responses.
I strengthen my position as a strong candidate
for the role.
I have been invited to the next round of
interviews.
I confirm and prove my belief to myself, that:
Belief: “I am skilled, have a lot to offer an
employer, so have a great chance of getting
through the interview.”
What an impact this has on this person’s job
search and interview. Simply by changing the
belief and their attention in a positive way
their energy, thoughts, and actions were all
positive allowing for a far more positive
outcome.
Do you have any unhelpful and limiting beliefs
that are currently holding you back from
achieving the goals that you would like to
change?
Maybe you find yourself continuously failing
to make it to the second stage in your
interviews and are feeling quite hopeless and
unable to pinpoint exactly why this is? You
may have considered changing jobs for some
time, however feel apprehensive about
submitting a job application because you doubt
your skills and experience? Perhaps you may be
feeling unworthy of putting yourself forward
for that promotion – how could you compete
with everyone else in your department?
Have a great fortnight.
Annemarie |
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