Short excerpt of a YouTube dialogue exploring how a childhood comment from an elder—"you're not pretty enough to be a cheerleader"—created a long-lasting limiting belief. Speakers discuss that perception (how one interprets an event) shapes personal reality and subsequent choices (e.g., avoiding activities that require being perceived as pretty).
And it was an elder in my life, a family member and I was probably 8 or 9 at the time. And it crushed my soul when she said this. She said, oh honey, you're not pretty enough to be a cheerleader. Took us probably 10 years for us to get to a point where I finally told her why I wouldn't talk to her.
And perception is reality to the person that holds it right. It may not be true, but if I perceive it, then it's my reality. The issue wasn't what was said or what happened. That doesn't create a limiting belief. The limiting belief comes from how you define or interpret that experience. So you. She did something, said something unintentional, whatever. She said something, you perceived it and then defined it.
That is so good. And I've just. It's so interesting that you say that because I'm thinking back to like high school and, and I would seek out activities where I didn't have to be pretty.
