A financial ceiling is an arbitrary monetary amount that we believe we can’t overcome or we believe that it’s difficult to overcome and breakthrough. We unconsciously create a set number or point that we fail to achieve beyond. While you may cross the number a little bit, you’ll then fall back under it again. Some people never achieve it.
For most people, they have a financial ceiling based upon beliefs that are running unconsciously. It could be $50K, $100K, $500K, $1Million, $10Million, $100Million. You may have already hit your financial ceiling or you haven’t gotten there yet.
We all have unconscious beliefs such as I’m not allowed to be capable, I’m not significant/I don’t matter, I’m powerless, I’m not worthy, I’m not good enough etc. If you’re not aware of what’s running in the background, this will cause you to be pulled in the direction of your egoic orientation and you’ll simply fall into one of 2 types of structures.
1. A Stuck Structure
A stuck structure is where you have an opposing belief to having money so you give up and don’t even attempt to get more money. You simply make do with what you have. You don’t even recognize that you have options, opportunities and possibilities available to you. No action is taken in relation to your end result of being wealthy or prosperous, because your energy is going into resolving your opposing definition/belief. Unconsciously you are running a belief that your vision is unviable.
An opposing belief is where you want something but have a belief that a condition exists
precluding you from having it. E.g. I don’t have permission to earn money, be an authority, be successful. I’m not allowed to be capable, I’m not worthy of being wealthy or successful. I will create my downfall and demise (death) if I’m wealthy. I’ll be a bad or evil person if I have money.
2. An Oscillating Structure
This is where you have a negative vision (which is a false end result) running when it comes to having money. This leads to a pattern of creating money and then losing it. You’ll spend it, let go of money, give it away or you’ll go through a period of not earning any money. In every case the end result is not a true vision but an egoic agenda. The motivation for any action that you take is resolving your psychological tension rather than creating something that really matters to you.
E.g. of a negative vision, I don’t want to be poor, be financially insecure, be broke, make a mistake, I don’t want to be judged or criticized.
A negative vision is a strategy to resolve the belief that you don’t have the motivation within yourself to take action towards what you want and need.
For some people they strive to achieve their set number while others feel that their number is enough and they don’t need to go past it. An example of where you might see this happening is when people are being paid via commission. They’ll strive to hit the target and put in tons of effort and once they hit the target they relax as there’s no longer an incentive to make money. There’s a drive of activity and then a lull. Then another drive and then a lull.
If you are unconsciously being driven by the amount of money you can or can’t make, you’re being run by a negative vision and this will limit your creative potential.
The truth is there is no such thing as a financial ceiling. We’re not limited in any way when it comes to earning money or being successful in business. We just dumb down what is possible based on our beliefs and identity and the ensuing resistance and road blocks that are occurring unconsciously.
Here are examples of beliefs creating financial ceilings:
Once you’re a certain age you’re over the hill and therefore no longer financially viable.
If you’re young you can’t command a high income.
If I dedicate my time to my career and being successful, I’ll be lonely and alone.
I don’t have permission to be successful.
This is all I’m capable of earning.
Women should earn less than men, they are not the primary bread winners.
If you don’t have specific degrees/education you’re limited in what you can earn.
If you don’t have specific skill sets you’re limited in what you can earn.
If you’re not working in a specific profession you don’t have the ability to earn more.
If you go into debt, you’ll limit yourself financially.
No one in my family has earned more that “X” dollars/I can’t out earn my parents/Father.
No one in my family has gone to college and gotten a degree/I can’t outshine them.
No one in my family or circle of friends are entrepreneurs/I can’t be a threat or stand out.
These are all stories that keep people stuck in their limiting beliefs and playing small.
When you’re stuck in your beliefs, this blocks you from thinking, dreaming or imagining past a certain number.
It’s important to become aware of what’s coming up for you, what beliefs you’re running and their associated dysfunctional patterns of behavior, so you can neutralize the impact of these beliefs on your creativity and earning capacity.
