All right. Today, we're gonna be talking about the power of belief. For me, I think belief is really the most important element of your life. It's everything. It's the lens through which we see ourselves. It's how we see others. It's how we see the world. And hence, it shapes our reality. The power of belief has been shown throughout history through people achieving uncommon results, and it's even been shown to impact one's health. Yet, I think for most of us, we spend so little time looking at our beliefs and really analyzing what beliefs are limiting us, and what beliefs are actually beneficial to us.

So today, I'm gonna dive in a little bit more. I'm probably gonna be spending at least a few episodes on just discussing belief and why it's so important. So, I wanna start by sharing some of my favorite quotes on belief. So, Henry Ford ... right? Henry Ford has got a lot of great quotes, but one of my favorite ones from Henry Ford is, "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." So, "Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right." I've been following that quote, or been thinking of that quote, for such a long time. It really resonates with me because I see it all the time.

There's people that automatically classify themselves as, "Nope. That's not something I can do. I'm not good at that," or whatever it is. There's not even a thought about it. It's just a strongly held belief that they have, that that's not something for them. They're not good at it. They were once told that they weren't good at it. Whatever it may be, they're fearful of whatever it may be, that they don't like to be in the public eye. Whatever it is. But, as soon as they think they can or think they can't, they automatically limit themselves. You really narrow your results. You know, you don't tend to venture outside your belief set of what you believe is possible for you, or that is really inline with how you see your life going. That's fine, but it's important to know that those are your bumpers. Right?

You've probably heard me, if you've listened to some of the previous episodes, me talking about how our thoughts, our emotions, our actions are like the water of a river. Well, the core beliefs, the underlying core beliefs, are the bedrock or the foundation of that river, and that's what actually directs your life. That's what directs your emotions, your thoughts, your actions. People often think that they can't control their emotions, but it's just not true. When something happens and you have a stimulus, the emotion that you generate is based on what you're telling yourself about that instance. Right? It doesn't just happen that something happens and then you get emotional from it. It's that your perception of that, and your belief around that, tells you how you should feel. I should feel this way about that, because of my past experiences tell me I should feel this way about that. So how you control your emotions, how you control your actions, is by framing what it is in beliefs that are actually beneficial for you.

One other quote I wanna talk about, which Napoleon Hill ... if you haven't read the book Think and Grow Rich, I'd highly recommend that. I've read it a few times over the last 20 years. It's good to kinda go back to it. I don't remember exactly when it was written, but I know it was written a long time ago, and it's still a classic today. But Napoleon Hill said, "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." Whatever you can come up with in your mind, and you can believe it, you can achieve it.

Let's talk about belief a little bit. Because belief is such a large topic, I wanna narrow it in a little bit more. So for today, what I'm really focusing on is an individual's core beliefs. Right? These are beliefs that we hold about ourselves, about others, about the world in general. Right?