256 | The Hidden Beliefs Holding You Back from Growth with Eli Bowman

What if the reason you haven’t reached your next level isn’t strategy — but subconscious programming? 

So many driven leaders do “all the right things,” yet still feel stuck, unfulfilled, or disconnected from their purpose. The missing piece often lives beneath the surface.

In this episode of The Business of You, we explore the powerful relationship between mindset, purpose, and success — and how rewriting the mental scripts formed early in life can radically change both your business and your personal fulfillment.

Eli Bowman is a top-selling author, certified Aspire Tour Speaker, and 7-figure entrepreneur who scaled a startup to a multimillion-dollar valuation after transforming his own internal programming. As a certified expert in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Eli helps leaders identify unconscious beliefs and replace them with empowering frameworks rooted in authenticity and intention.

In this episode, Eli breaks down how subconscious conditioning shapes outcomes, how to move through deconstruction without getting stuck, and how you can begin rewriting your own program.

Understanding the Programs That Run Your Life

Eli explains how our earliest experiences shape unconscious beliefs that quietly dictate our decisions, behaviors, and tolerance for risk. From birth through early childhood, the brain is highly impressionable — absorbing messages about safety, success, and self-worth that often remain unexamined well into adulthood.

For entrepreneurs and leaders, these hidden programs can show up as fear of failure, chronic self-doubt, or resistance to growth. By developing awareness and learning to observe these patterns without judgment, leaders gain the power to choose differently — rather than repeating inherited scripts.

Through neuro-linguistic programming, Eli shows how becoming conscious of these internal patterns is the first step toward reclaiming agency and building a future aligned with who you truly are.

The Path of Purpose: From Deconstruction to Impact

Eli introduces his framework, The Path of Purpose, guiding listeners through four stages: conformity, deconstruction, enlightenment, and impact.

While deconstruction can feel uncomfortable — even painful — Eli reframes it as a necessary foundation for authenticity and lasting fulfillment.

Rather than identifying with being “broken” or perpetually healing, Eli encourages completion — acknowledging past conditioning, releasing it, and consciously choosing new beliefs. This shift allows leaders to move forward with clarity, confidence, and creative energy.

When purpose becomes clear, impact naturally follows. Eli’s journey shows that fulfillment isn’t found by chasing success — it’s found by aligning internal truth with external action.

Enjoy this episode with Eli Bowman…

Soundbytes

15:28 – 15:56
“In order to really shed borrowed values, we have to go through a deconstruction period where we take everything apart. This can be really painful. This could look like rock bottom. It could look like despair. No one wants to experience that, but sometimes rock bottom isn't a place where you arrive — it's a foundation upon which you can build. For me, rock bottom was necessary.”

35:48 – 36:35
“We create as we speak. Here’s the framework I would give someone. The self-talk that we participate in must be positive, uplifting, hopeful, edifying, and creative — not destructive, not critical of ourselves. The way we talk about ourselves to ourselves is so powerful and it directly affects our day-to-day life. We say the words, or think them, to ourselves. Our unconscious mind retains that. And our unconscious mind is responsible for the patterns we live, day to day.”

Quotes

“Rock bottom isn’t where you end — it’s where you rebuild.”

“We create as we speak.”

“Borrowed beliefs will always limit authentic success.”

“Your purpose is found when you choose who you are — not who you were told to be.”

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From Our Guest

Website: https://elibowman.com/

Connect with Eli Bowman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elibowman

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