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We all have our mental barriers. Our limiting beliefs that create the perception that certain tasks are too hard. As long as we harbor those beliefs, they will hold us back from pursuing goals with conviction.
So I share this six-minute film strip to get you started. The message in this video helps us all to question things that we have previously judged to be too hard. And to instead find a way to ask What’s Possible?
Our negative judgments of situations, other people and ourselves are highly contagious. As they spread, negativity prevails. This is how negative cultures evolve.
In this film snippet below, you will meet a high school football coach who discovers the depth of the negativity on his team. Unless he can influence a turnaround, his season and his livelihood are in jeopardy.
Brock, a team captain openly expressed doubt about the team’s ability to defeat their upcoming opponent. Coach Taylor knows that if his team leaders have doubts, they’re defeated before ever taking the field. So Coach Taylor chose to take immediate action to influence his most influential team leader. The first major step toward changing a losing culture.
Watch how the coach shifts the team’s mindset within the span of six minutes, Is it just a movie? Yes. Will you allow that to limit its impact on you? If so, you’ve just discovered another limiting negative judgement.
Facing the Giants is a 2006 American Christian drama sports film directed by and starring Alex Kendrick. The supporting cast was composed of volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church, and it is the second film that Sherwood Pictures has done. Shot in Albany, Georgia, the film tells an underdog story about American football from a Christian worldview. The film made $10.2 million on a $100,000 budget.
If you knew in advance that this film clip came from a low-budget film with a Christian worldview, might you have been more likely to dismiss this? This is simply another example of a counter-productive negative judgement.
Let’s revisit my opening question:
You don’t need to physically carry a teammate on your back. But you do need to find your own way of recognizing how your negative judgments are preventing you from pursuing what’s really important for yourself and others.
The concepts of negative beliefs dramatized in The Death Crawl Scene have been around for at least 100 years. So too have negative judgements. All the more reason to be more aware of yours and spread positive feelings. So, I’ve shared some timeless responses: A Poem, Quote and a Children’s book.
Are these dated references? No doubt. How will their age affect your judgements?
by Napoleon Hill from The Law of Success
If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t;
If you like to win, but you think you can’t,
It is almost certain you won’t
If you think you’ll lose, you’ve lost.
For out in the world we dind
Success begins with a fellows will.-
It’s all in the state of mind.
If you think you are outclassed, you are-
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man:
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
“Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.” Henry Ford, 1947
The Original Tale of Persistence and Kindness to be remembered and shared. A must foe every young child’s bookshelf.
– by Watty Piper
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