Dharius Daniels - 3 Lies That Are Limiting You

What’s up? This is Darius Daniels, and in this video, I am going to teach you about three lies that are limiting you. Stay tuned; it’s time for you to break these limitations. Listen, I don’t know if you’ve thought about it this way, but a lot of the things that limit us aren’t really limitations. What do I mean by that? I mean that sometimes the limitations aren’t the limitations. Sometimes what we believe about the limitations is what truly limits us. You know what I mean? So let’s say there’s something I want to move, like a chair or some object, and I have the ability to move it. However, if I don’t believe I can move it, I won’t even try. This means I’m limited not by an actual limitation but by what I think about the limitation. If I think the chair is too big, if I think it won’t move, or if I think I’m too weak, then maybe it will seem that way. It’s not always about my weakness; it’s not always about the size or strength of the issue. Sometimes, it’s about what we believe about it. So listen to me; lies are limiting. Lies are limiting. If it is true that you shall know the truth and the truth makes you free, then logically, that which is untrue keeps you bound. Bondage doesn’t always feel like bondage. Bondage doesn’t mean you can’t move at all; it means you can’t maximize your movement. We’ve had several dogs in my home, and from time to time, we’ve had to put younger dogs on leashes. When we put dogs on leashes, it doesn’t mean they can’t move; it just means they can’t maximize their movement. It can be that way in life, and sometimes we are leashed. Listen to me: we are leashed to lies. If we treat a lie like it’s the truth, then it behaves in a way that makes the lie feel like the truth. So, really quickly, I want to share with you three lies that may be limiting you. «Darius, where did you get these from?» Well, these are lies that, in one way or another, I’ve had to help people work through and break through in the coaching space as I have attempted to coach people into the best versions of themselves. These are three of the most frequent lies I’ve had to help people overcome so they can reach their potential. I want to give them to you quickly, and then we’ll get out of your way. Here’s the first one: the first lie that may be limiting you is that ambition is inappropriate. Yep, I said it; I meant it. Ambition is inappropriate? Nope, not at all. Ambition is not inappropriate. Now, there are different types of ambition. There’s what’s called selfish ambition. Selfish ambition can turn into all sorts of selfish behaviors and self-sabotaging actions, keeping others down in order for you to ascend to the top. It leads to valueless living. A person with selfish ambition will do whatever they feel they need to do to get what they want, without considering who they might hurt. It’s selfish ambition. The Bible calls selfish ambition vain ambition. It’s ambition focused on things that, in the long run, really don’t matter. It’s ambition about things that aren’t going to give you what you think they will. That is selfish ambition, vain ambition. But that doesn’t mean all ambition is selfish. I believe ambition is a gift God gives you so you can step into greatness. You can’t do anything great without ambition. Let me put it this way: you can’t even become a better person without ambition. I think we would agree that we have been called and created to be better versions of ourselves, greater versions of ourselves. This is what I’m saying: that cannot happen without a desire on the inside that says, «I want to be better.» Ambition doesn’t mean you are unappreciative of what you have; it simply means you’ve discerned that you deserve more. So I want you to debunk that myth and release yourself from the limitations of that lie. The second lie is that greatness is selfish. I think some people believe greatness is selfish because they confuse greatness with fame. I don’t even think fame itself is selfish. Fame sometimes becomes a byproduct of just doing something really well, or it can simply be a result of something going viral that many people find interesting. You know what I’m saying? Fame itself isn’t evil. Jesus, frankly, was very famous. I know some people have difficulty attaching the word «fame» to Jesus, but he was. I’m not just talking about Jesus being famous now; he was famous even when he was alive. Listen to this: he fed 5,000 people, not counting women and children, who were sitting all day listening to him teach. So there were thousands and thousands of people literally standing and sitting in the grass, listening to him teach. That is a dimension of fame, which at its core is notoriety. In and of itself, that isn’t evil.