Beliefs Get Results

Have you ever measured the results you get from your beliefs? It's an eye-opening exercise, one that can change your luck.

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Transcript

Beliefs Get Results

Before you go and put these words on a bumper sticker, let me caution you. You may not like the results.

Most of us have heard that we act in accordance with our beliefs. Best as I can tell, that’s pretty close to the truth. What we may not be aware of are the results our beliefs deliver.

If you pretty much find yourself in the same hole over and over again, you can bet it’s the result of a belief you have. The converse is also accurate: If you find yourself in a place of peace over and over again, it’s the result of a belief.

Ask any person you consider to be serially “lucky” and you'll find a belief in luck. They filter their experience for luck. The same is true for “the glass is half empty” person. They'll continually find life to be half empty. It’s the result of a belief.

If beliefs get results, the question you want to ask is: “Are my beliefs getting me the results I want?”

Warning: We hold dearly to our beliefs in spite of overwhelming evidence they aren’t getting us the results we want. It’s like trying to keep from drowning by holding onto an anvil.

Socrates left us with something worth reflecting on: “The unexamined life is not worth living.” That logic equally applies to our beliefs.

What results do you consistently get that you can tie back to a belief? Our belief about money is one that’s most apparent to me in our culture. Reminds me of a story . . .

I used to work for a man who had an uncanny knack for making money. Some would call him “Lucky” but his good fortune went deeper than random luck. What I found after having many conversations with him on the topic was that he had a belief that he deserved to make a lot of money. I remember jokingly saying to him that he could parachute nude into an unfriendly country with a derogatory saying about that country’s leader tattooed on his chest and, within a week, he would own a business there.

Beliefs get results.

What results are you getting? Are you willing to examine your beliefs?

I know people who get what they pray for and I know just as many who don’t. What’s the difference between the two? The successful ones are the people who examine their beliefs and bravely let go of the ones that are taking them down.

You have to be willing to entertain that you’re wrong about something, even if you’ve shouted its merits from the rooftops your entire life. Willingness opens the door to inspection. From there, it’s pure deduction. Either your belief is working for you or it’s not.

True or False? Your life is pre-destined. It is if you believe it is; it’s not if you believe it’s not.

Are you willing to do what’s necessary to get the results you want? It’s a matter of belief.

All the best,

John