Belief And Results
You are who you have been becoming. The choices you have made as a person enable you to make future choices. There are too many stories of people who have overcome odds to go after what they want. It eliminates the excuses. The following will help you build your belief system.
Red Pill or Blue Pill
In the movie, The Matrix, the protagonist, Neo, is presented with a proposition. He is coming to realize that what he sees as reality may be suspect. He is offered the opportunity to see reality for what it truly is. He does this by making a choice between a red pill or a blue pill. The blue pill keeps him moving along the comfortable path he is on. The red pill allows him to see the matrix, the computer-generated world he is a part of. He gets to see reality.
Your life is largely a choice in the same way. It is easy to move along and always seek comfort and avoid pain. It is a strategy enjoyed by millions the world over. This is so normal it is not questioned. However, what if you want to go after something outside your comfortable reality? You must swallow the red pill. What does this take? Here are three things you need to be able to do:
- A choice. You must make a decision that you want to go after what you want rather than focus heavily on obstacles. The obstacles are real, but your desire needs to be more real.
- A Fail-forward mindset. If you think going after what you want is easy, you are a blue pill person. Stay plugged in. You have not lived enough lifetimes or experiences to know how to do everything. Otherwise you would do the things you want. Decide that failure is part of your journey. Decide not to blame or complain.
- Coaching. Who offers you perspective on your journey? If get-rich quick or having a shortcut to a goal worked, wouldn’t everyone do it? How about finding people with a growth mindset to help you see? They are rare. You need a coach who can give you perspective and guidance. It is something you cannot see alone.
Belief
You cannot fabricate belief. You have or lack belief because of the choices you have made in your life. You have the body you have because of the work or lack of work you put into it. So how do you increase belief? Like the body, it is a muscle to be worked. Here are three things you can do to grow your belief system. It is needed to win:
- Read Every Day. Do this to help you think. Do it to learn. Start with Love is the Killer App by Tim Sanders to learn how.
- Make More Commitments. You care what people think. Use it to your advantage. Tell them your big goals and when you want to achieve them. It will spur you to action, perseverance and diligence.
- Write What You Believe. Your writing needs to be public. Writing helps you get clear on what you want. When you write, you grow in your belief.