{"id":30652,"date":"2016-09-14T04:45:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T09:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/?p=30652"},"modified":"2016-09-14T04:45:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T09:45:18","slug":"limiting-beliefs-trapped-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/limiting-beliefs-trapped-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Limiting Beliefs Keeping You Trapped at Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A year after the New York Times<\/em> published a brutal expos\u00e9<\/a> on Amazon\u2019s 24\/7, on-the-job culture, the retail giant announced<\/a> it was experimenting with a thirty hour workweek for some of its employees.<\/p>\n\n

As far as I\u2019m concerned, this is great news. When I talk with entrepreneurs, executives, and other leaders, I regularly hear they\u2019re working fifty, sixty, even seventy hours a week. This level of overwork imposes huge costs on personal productivity, health, and more.<\/p>\n

The truth is, most of us would serve our clients and customers better if we worked just forty hours a week. Even though there are piles of research to back that up, when I make the point I\u2019m surprised at how many people object.<\/p>\n\n

They say they don\u2019t have a choice. Either their boss demands extra-long hours, or the kind of work they do\u2014corporate leadership, retail, or the restaurant business\u2014requires it.<\/p>\n

They feel like they\u2019re held hostage. And it\u2019s true. But to what?<\/p>\n

No one is holding a gun to their heads, but that\u2019s exactly where the problem is\u2014their heads. They\u2019re almost always being held hostage by limiting beliefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are many reasons people feel stuck in these disempowering situations. But these are the four I see most often.<\/p>\n

1. They Forget They Have Agency<\/h3>\n

We cannot always control our circumstances, but we can choose how we respond. The hard thing is that sometimes we forget we have a choice. We feel like the choice has already been made for us, and we\u2019re stuck with it.<\/p>\n

That loss of agency robs us of a chance to improve our circumstances. It\u2019s also rarely true. We have the power to choose differently. How? It starts with reminding yourself that you do have choices.<\/p>\n