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The General Lies You Tell Yourself and Others to Keep You From Success

Losing love and the general lies we tell ourselves
Losing love and the general lies we tell ourselves
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Losing love and the general lies we tell ourselves
November 19, 2017

There’s a great lie many of us use throughout life called a quantifier.

A quantifier indicates the quantity of something. Anytime you insert quantifiers in a statement about what you can or can’t do, you may inadvertently limit your capacity to succeed.

Here are some examples:

“Everyone knows that won’t work” 
“He is always mad at me” 
“I can’t do that because no one would like it” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Behavior, Beliefs, Deception, Lying, Thinking Tagged With: communication, language, The General Lies You Tell Yourself and Others to Keep You From Success

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