I have already addressed the myths of having a positive attitude and feel-ing good about yourself. While those two alone are plenty to keep you from reaching your goals, sadly there are many more we have been fed throughout our lives that are just as detrimental. Here are a few more.

1.You Can Be Whatever You Want To Be

A lie. Not everyone can be whatever he or she wants to be. Somebody has to do the stuff the rest of us do not really want to do. Not everyone can be a model or a professional basketball player or movie star. First, you may be short, fat, and ugly. That knocks out that model thing pretty quickly. And you may have no talent or skills to become a pro¬fessional athlete or an actor—although I will admit there are plenty of movie stars with no talent who seem to do pretty well.

You can become whatever you have the potential to become and are willing to dedicate the time and effort into becoming, and what you have the talent for. That is the truth—no more, no less.

2. You Can Do Whatever You Want To Do

Wrong. Much like the preceding myth, it will only lead to disappoint¬ment. You can do whatever you have the talent to do. And you have more talent to do more things than you have given yourself credit for up until now.

3. You Can Have Whatever You Want To Have

If this were true I would know Salma Hayek much better than I do. The truth is you can have whatever you believe you deserve, and whatever you take action toward achieving, utilizing your abilities, your thoughts, and your words.
The real issue with these three myths is the word want. You do not get what you want; you get what you take action on.

4. You Become What You Think About

A lie for sure! You do not become what you think about all day long. If that were true, most adolescent boys would be girls. Instead of look¬ing in the mirror and seeing a middle-aged bald guy with earrings and a goatee, I would look in the mirror and see Heidi Klum.

Instead, you attract what you put your energy and attention on. The real truth is this: You become what you think about, talk about, and do something about. As I have already discussed, it is the combi¬nation of the three that makes things happen.

5. As Long As You Have A Positive Attitude Everything In Your Life Will Be Fine

Another lie! A positive attitude does not keep things from happening to you. A positive attitude helps you deal with what happens to you. You will have highs and you will have lows. You will have automobile accidents, experience illness, your roof will leak, and people you know will get sick and die. That is life. It happens to all of us regard¬less of our attitude. How we deal with it is what matters, and a positive attitude helps.