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Chapter 4
- events do not shape our lives. our beliefs as to what they mean, do. its how we interpret them.
- To change behaviors, change beliefs that hold you back.
★ - Beliefs actually affect our Physical bodies. Our beliefs have the ability to make us sick or healthy in a moment.
- Beliefs can either give us the resolve to take action, or weaken & destroy our drive.
★ - how to turn an tabletop without legsidea to a table with legsbelief: use some references to support the idea. These are the legs that make your table sturdy. Your idea feels certain & is now a belief.
- Strongest legs (references) are ones with a lot of emotion attached to it.
- With enough emotional intensity & repetition, our nervous systems experience something as real, even if it hasn't occurred Yet.
- create references where no references exist to achieve the impossible.
- Great leaders are rarely "realistic". They are accurate.
- optimists eventually end up mastering the skill. Pessimists fail.
- Picturing yourself succeeding; faith references. This leads the optimists to Persist until they succeed. The Past ≠ The Future
- Achievers rarely see a Problem as Permanent.
- An achiever never sees one Problem as Pervasive, or controlling their life.
- don't take Problems Personally. Just modify approach.
- If we associate enough Pain to anything, we'll change
★ - Someone with a conviction is so Passionate about their belief that they're willing to risk rejection or make a fool of themselves for the sake of their conviction.
- To create a conviction, 1) Start with a belief. 2) reinforce with references. 3) Find Something that triggers emotional intensity ("what will it cost me if I don't?"). 4) take action.
- Social Proof limits your life. It makes it like everybody else's.
- How do you know what beliefs to adopt? Find Someone who is Producing the results you want in life. Model your life after People who are already succeeding.
Business: quality always costs less.
- To succeed & be happy, we must constantly improve, grow & expand.
- CANI — Constant and Never-ending Improvement
- level of success is a direct causation of commitment to CANI
- CANI in business, relationships, spiritual connection, health, finances
constant commitment backed by action
- Ask yourself 3 questions every night: 1) What have I learned? 2) What did I contribute or improve? 3) what did I enjoy?
Stop! brainstorm all the beliefs you have, both those that empower you & disempower you.
added 9/13/26 · 10 years later
Exercise: List the beliefs you hold, including those that empower you and those that limit you.- These empowering beliefs need to be strengthened & turned into a conviction.
- Question the disempowering beliefs (pg. 102) to weaken them. write down replacements for limiting beliefs. Then strengthen.
ask yourself"What would I have to believe in order to succeed here?"
- Society may Predict, but only I will determine my destiny