Before I had reached the age of understanding, I had a well established belief system of having no value as myself, only in what I accomplished; I was responsible to meet other people’s needs and nothing I ever did was good enough, no matter how hard I tried.

What a terrible foundation to build your life on.  Every decision I ever made, every action, every feeling was based on this negative belief system (that I had no idea was even there!)

This belief system transferred over into my adult life.  As a result, I never felt any real peace, joy or sense of satisfaction because nothing I ever did was good enough.  I only saw what I didn’t do or could have done better.

Again, I want to stress here that my parents were not bad people.  They were just ordinary people, doing the best they knew how, based on how they were raised and their own belief systems.

So, how did my belief system affect my business life?  I’ll talk about that in the next blog.