✍️ Desk of Amy Suto: Your Limiting Beliefs are Holding You Back

How to unblock yourself and find success.

Happy Sunday! In today’s newsletter, you’ll read about…

✍️ What limiting beliefs are and how they’re hurting you

☕️ How mindset is a core component of success

😎 How fear sabotages us

📖 3-Minute Story: How Limiting Beliefs Limit Your Dreams

“There’s no way I can make more than a few thousand dollars per month as a freelance writer” — was what I used to tell myself. In that moment, I was right: what you tell yourself is your reality.

Then, I decided my reality could be different, and I dreamed of a holistic work-life balance where I could travel the world and write for a living. Everything changed, and after a few years I scaled to $750/hour and $50k months. I was the same writer: the only thing that changed was what I believed to be true.

overcoming limiting beliefs by saying “yes” to the 26mi hike to Machu Picchu!

My secret? Getting rid of my limiting beliefs.

Limiting beliefs are what conspire against your success. It’s the voice inside your head that says “who do you think you are? You can’t do what they did. Your dreams aren’t going to come true.” These beliefs put a ceiling on what we can achieve, and they’re how we say “no” to ourselves.

The Internet is littered with examples of people doing amazing things. From launching a million-dollar business in a weekend to creating a 7-figure education business built on dancing on TikTok, you can find inspiration for hitting big goals anywhere.

To hit these heights, we have to stop saying no to ourselves.

When you’re feeling blocked, stuck, or sad — it’s time to go into your mind garden and pull out the weeds of your limiting beliefs.

Limiting beliefs can stem from fears that are keeping us from action. I find Tim Ferriss’ blog post about fear-setting an inspiring reminder that our fears aren’t as rooted in reality as we think.

I said yes to myself when I became a full-time writer. I said yes to myself when I started traveling the world.

What does your life look like when you start saying yes to yourself?

✨ 2 Quotes to Inspire You

• "You either walk inside your story and own it, or you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness." — Brene Brown

• "It’s not about having a specific path, it’s about creating your own path." — Emma Gannon

✍️ 1 Journal Prompt for Reflection

• Start saying yes. How are you saying “no” to yourself right now? What are the fears that are holding you back? Break down each of those fears. Are they rooted in reality? What if your fears didn’t come true? What would your life look like if you started saying yes to yourself more?

Feel free to share your reflections in the comments:

💻 New Blog Posts on AmySuto.com

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• Working Remotely in Bariloche, Argentina (Patagonia)

📚 New Chapters of My Thriller Novel Let Me Be Your Ghost

• chapter six // inside the lion’s den

• Author’s Note #2: Procrastination is a Part of the Writing Process

• chapter five // to the stars, or else

📸 Photo of the Week: Buenos Aires: The Land of Avocado Toast

I have never in my life eaten so much amazing avocado toast. The cafe culture here in Buenos Aires is out of control, I love it. ❤️

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⚡️ Upcoming Wednesday Edition: I’m in Remission

This Wednesday, ✍️ From the Desk of Amy Suto paid subscribers will get an exclusive issue about…

✨ I’m in remission from my autoimmune condition — here’s how I did it!

🧪 What I’ve learned about how long-term travel improves your health

📚 The unexpected things that were keeping me sick

Sending creativity and good writing vibes your way,

-Amy

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