February 4th, 2022

he Power of Belief


  • We have already established that belief controls behavior. 
  • We examined the positive and negative power can affect an individual
  • Today we will examine the process of choosing what to believe and make it stick
  • Critical component to living a successful life
  • We have to learn to actively choose what we believe
  • Will most likely need to reprogram your brain - examples
    • Most of your beliefs have been shaped by others: parents, teachers, movies, media, friends
      • You will never amount to anything without a degree
      • You’re forgetful, lazy, not the kind of person people are drawn to, etc. 
  • Confirmation of the power of self-fulfilling prophecy
    • Each experiment began with teachers being told they had teaching excellence and they would be assigned gifted students, teachers would use the same curriculum they always have but would outperform other teachers and students, they couldn’t tell anyone of the experiment
    • They performed better than anyone in the district
    • Teachers and students were randomly selected
  • Russian weight lifter beat the Olympic record simply through belief
  • Belief can change everything
    • What beliefs can you change?
    • What beliefs do you have about your family, friends?
    • What beliefs do you have about your career, boating industry?
  • What if we lived in a world with no limitations? 
  • How do we move from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset?
    • We are not chained to our current mindset
    • The brain is incredibly malleable
    • We can change our choices, actions and selves
    • Fixed mindsets – worry about how they are judged
    • Growth mindsets – learning, growing, changing, becoming better
    • We take action consistent with our beliefs
    • When we anticipate an outcome, we behave in ways that will create that outcome (if you believe you can, you can)
    • This will empower you to create the life you want to live
    • Use the control knob of your own belief system
    • Reduce the level of damaging beliefs by creating a mental rule that only you can enforce: stop negative thoughts from entering our brain
    • We can choose to believe what is true and what it not – you have to believe something, since you can choose, you have to choose which 
    • Choosing to believe what is possible is the fuel that propels you into what most people believe is not possible