Thinking Blocks form the basis of our thinking and they include: 1. Parental Block – This is what you inherited from your parents. “As he grew up, I would look at a nice car and my mother would say, ‘you do not even have a job to buy that car.” My mother also feared water in a swimming pool, and I also feared and even transferred it to my children. If you grow up with parental block that money is difficult to come by, then you will never even look for ways of making money. 2. Teachers Block- This is what your teacher told you. For example, you are taught that; “you cannot start a business if you do not have capital.” All you need to start a business is your brain. “Nobody told me of my intellectual capital and social capital to do presentations and motivational speaking.” You need to start questioning what you are told. 3. Heroes Block- “Be careful who your heroes are” Wale says. We walk into the heroes’ footsteps and what they consider their limitations or strengths we adopt them. “A study conducted on pastors revealed that pastors who mentor others have the same limitations and died at the same age. 4. Peers Block - This is where you compare your friends. “Do not look others. Do not look what they are doing.” Wale asserts. “When will you have time to think about your own self?” He further demonstrates this with a referee in a football match. “A referee goes everywhere all the players are, sweats but at the end of the game, nobody remembers him. The referees’ job description is to look for faults in others.” There are people who are referees and only keep looking for faults in you. “Refuse to be a referee, be a player,” he adds 5. Professional Block- Thinking that a certain profession is better that another. “In every profession there are champions. No profession is perfect; am sure you have seen poor lawyers and rich lawyers, poor accountants and rich accounts, poor teachers and rich teachers.” Be the best in your profession by staying on top of your game. 6. Societal Block- This is what society dictates is right or wrong to do. For example, some people will say that, “nobody in our clan has done ABCD.” If you fall for this belief then your mind will be limited there.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 12:29:47 +0000
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