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The Trouble with Beliefs

May 10, 2021 by Colin Gautrey

Beliefs are everything. 

Beliefs shape everything you do.

Your performance is totally influenced by what you believe.

The feedback you get is down to other people’s beliefs, yet how you receive said feedback, is down to your beliefs.

Events happen.

That they turn out to be good or bad, depends on your beliefs. No event, in and of itself, is inherently bad, until you make it so.

Which means, that the reality you experience, and the quality of your existence, is also completely shaped by the beliefs you hold.

A trouble with beliefs, is that most people, if aware of their beliefs, don’t know how they got them. If they do,, it is likely down to their amazing rationalisations and logic (which of course, is all underpinned by other beliefs).

But the biggest trouble of all with beliefs is that virtually everyone I meet doesn’t realise they have the latent power to deliberately choose the beliefs that will work best for them, regardless of rationale.

The future belongs to those who are best able to manage their beliefs to suit their life and work.

 

More on Beliefs

  • Belief in an Unlimited Capability
  • The Common Obstacles to Greater Progress
  • Mental Agility and Emotional Agility

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