The Power of Belief

Greetings fellow discoverers. It has been some time since I last wrote a post and for that I am sorry. It was my lack of diligence to learning and sharing discovery in this wonderful field called life. That being said, I would like to bring to light something that has been given stage multiple times but, I feel, we as mere mortals don't fully grasp, and that is the power of belief.

Lets begin with giving belief definition. According to Webster's, belief is "a feeling of being sure that someone or something exists or that something is true." Webster's also gives a more concise definitions that I think give better credence to the word "belief." This definition states that belief  is "a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing" [Emphasis added].

What do you believe. No. Not say you believe, but truly believe. What is your habit of mind? 

Today in one of my classes I was asked a question that struck me because, when asked, I laughed. It was a laughter of discredit. Now I have said before that I want this in life or that in life, but when I was asked if I thought that such event would occur, I only laughed in disbelief. The fact is, while I said I wanted such events to take place in my life, at my core, I didn't believe such events were possible to unfold. When presented with the opportunity to answer honestly, I did answer honestly, and realized that my belief was setting me up for failure.

This, I believe, is the majority of society. We talk about the next greatest innovation, the next great trends, building projects and developments, gaining the big client, and more. We think of great goals in our head, but our habit of mind conflicts with such goals. This is why, as a whole society and as individuals, we must make clearly stated goals. By clearly stated, I mean written and rehearsed. If we aren't writing our goals, we aren't making declarations against old habits. If we aren't rehearsing goals, we are not allowing the goals to win in our mind.

Its like setting your goals in a boxing match. In one corner, you have human-tainted belief. He is lazy, selfish, and pitiful. He would rather win and have you do nothing because humans are naturally inert. In the other corner, you have goals, clear, concise, etc. His interest is winning and making your situations and others around you better. The bell sounds. This is where justification is important. Why should you act this way or that? Justification is your strategy and focus. It draws attention to the issue. It should counter and dominate the old beliefs. The third part to winning over these old beliefs is will. This is the "Make yourself." Will acts on your justifications, delivering blow after blow to your old beliefs.

It boils down to this: If you don't have goals, you have nothing to rival your old, failing belief systems. If you can't justify your goals, you have no focus on the opposing beliefs. If you don't implement your will, and make yourself, your goals only remain wishful thinking. Oppose your habit of mind, Justify success, and win. 

Don't remain in a wishy-washy state of "If only" and "I'd like to." Believe that there is more to be had in life, and believe it more than more is not for you. Set goals and set out to destroy those core beliefs that cause you to fail again and again. And realize, sometimes you will have to fight old beliefs for the full 15 rounds of your life and it will come down to a decision of whether you fought better, and other times it will be TKO for the old beliefs and you will be the undisputed victor. Fight. Win. Stay Curious.
 

Are You Happy?

What makes you happy? Money?.. to buy stuff?.. to keep you smiling during your downtime?.. before you go back to work?.. to make more money?.. so you can buy more stuff? That is what you call a vicious cycle. Some refer to it as a "rat race." And not a whole lot of people smile when running that race. And according to statistics, your chances of winning that race is 0% That's right. Odds of winning is 0:1,581,379,265. (128% of statistics are made up).

I'm happy. I recently received two job offers at once. One of the job offers paid virtually $2 dollars more an hour than the other, gave more hours, local commute and not seasonal like the other. Now can you see why I'm happy? Do I really need to explain it? Or do you truly fully understand why I'm happy?

I turned that job down. I chose a learning path instead. I chose experience over earnings. Now I feel so liberated. I'm not working for money or stuff. I am working for me. I am working towards personal growth. Robert Kiyosaki, author of the famed bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad and founder of multiple wealth building companies says it like this. "When you are young, work to learn, not to earn." There is a lot of wisdom to that statement. And I can feel the peace of doing things this way. I am not stressed about "They don't pay me enough" or "I'm hoping for a good paycheck so I can buy this or that." Instead my focus is how can I drive my productivity numbers higher, is there a better way of approaching this and making it better, etc?

This approach follows the philosophy that pay is what happens with experience and that excellence is rewarded. Too many people are merely being empty suits, punching-in, logging hours. They don't seek responsibility, they only take it out of obligation, and become slaves to money. The servants of money are worked hard. Money demands they work more and earn more. And when they earn, they haven't earned enough. They are not producing enough and are not entrusted with more responsibility, bringing less wealth.

The servants of excellence are given better jobs. They are entrusted with responsibility and are required to become stewards of responsibility, thus lowering its overhead and creating a more profitable standard. These are our innovators of success. These servants become the top producers because excellence rewards those who work towards it with more profitable responsibility, and, therefore, more profitable lives.

I desire success (end result), and therefore I must search out excellence (means to the end result) and become its student and servant. This ultimately leads to a happier life. Because I understand that this is the process I must go through, I understand that I will be happier and am now happy. I may get frustrated at times but simply knowing what I am in the process of doing places a smile inside and a peace and that is Happiness.