(5 of 8) Self-Limiting Beliefs: How to Find the Career Possibilities Your Brain Has Been Filtering Out | What Fits You

There's a voice in your head that's been running for twenty-plus years, and it's been deciding what's possible for you before you've had a chance to consider it. "That's not realistic." "That seems unreasonable." "Someone like me doesn't do that." Most high performers have never noticed the filter is even there. They've just lived inside its conclusions. In Day 5 of the What Fits You 8-Day Mini Course, we name the filter, get around it, and walk you through the one exercise that's surfaced more achievable career possibilities than any self-assessment tool we've used. After almost 100,000 people through this course, here's what we know: the things you keep dismissing as "wildly unrealistic" are almost never unrealistic. They're just unfamiliar. What you'll learn: Why your brain has been ruling out the best career possibilities before you've had the chance to consider them The specific cognitive bias that runs harder the longer you've been a high performer The 3 Wildly Unrealistic Things exercise, how to do it, and why almost every answer is more achievable than it sounds What we found after collecting tens of thousands of responses to this exercise, and why it stopped us in our tracks How what you write down today becomes the foundation for the rest of this course   Our book, Happen To Your Career: An Unconventional Approach To Career Change and Meaningful Work, is now available on audiobook! Visit  happentoyourcareer.com/audible to order it now! Visit happentoyourcareer.com/book for more information or buy the print or ebook here! Want to chat with our team about your unique situation? Schedule a conversation   Free Resources What career fits you? Join our free 8 Day Mini Course to figure it out! Career Change Guide - Learn how high-performers discover their ideal career and find meaningful, well-paid work without starting over.   Related Episodes An Overthinker's Guide To Making Better Career Decisions (Spotify /Apple Podcasts) Stuck in a Career You're Unhappy With? Fear Of Taking Risks Could Be Keeping You There (Spotify / Apple Podcasts)   Mentioned Episode: What Fits You - Introduction (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 1 (Spotify / Apple Podcasts) What Fits You - Day 2 (Spotify / <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast