If You Believe You Can Or You Believe You Cant, Either Way Youre Probably Right
You may have heard someone say this about beliefs. It sounds contradictory, even ridiculous, but you had better believe that its right! Understanding your beliefs, how they control your life and the traps caused by beliefs is a key ingredient in the mental game of success.
WHAT ARE BELIEFS
Very simply beliefs are those things that we believe to be true.
The first trap is that beliefs are personal what we believe is not the same as what other people believe two people can look at exactly the same thing and have different beliefs about it and both can be right.
Yet we all fall into the trap of believing that our beliefs are right while anyone who holds different beliefs is wrong!
Some beliefs are built from shared experiences we all believe that gravity will cause objects to fall to the ground most people recognise this one! These basic beliefs which come from incontrovertible external facts are shared by the whole of humanity.
However, the majority of beliefs are not so clearly defined. They are about ourselves and the world we live in- who we...