How Eliminating Beliefs Gives You The Power Of A Beginner’s Mind
"In the beginner's mind, the possibilities are many. In the expert's mind, the possibilities are few." -Shunyru Suzuki Roshi Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind In 1884, [...]
Re-post: How If-then Beliefs Lead To Fear Of Failure (And How To Find Them)
In the 1850s Napoleon III served meals to his most honored guests on aluminum plates. The lesser guests were served on plates made of gold. [...]
Re-post: Two unusual ways to get in touch with limiting beliefs
There is a substance that makes dogs go crazy. It's not a piece of meat like bacon. It's not an illegal drug either. It's a [...]
Repost: Why Some Events Get Us Down (The Influence Of Survival Strategies)
What tiny cat is three times deadlier than a lion? It's called the African black-footed cat. It weighs only two pounds, the same as an [...]
Re-post: Unconditional self-esteem and how to get it
In 333 BC Alexander the Great and his army marched into Gordium, the capital of Phrygia. He observed a tangled set of knots tied to [...]
Struggling To Find Alternative Interpretations? Four Questions That Generate Them Easily
The swallowtail caterpillar is a pudgy creature that spends all day nibbling leaves. It should be an easy meal for a bird, but many birds [...]
Why A Clue In The Present Can Help You Find The Source Of A Belief In The Past
How did a 66-year-old man beat hundreds of young, fit men in a 1,000-mile bicycle race? The year was 1951. The man was Gustaf Håkansson. [...]
Re-Post: Why our limiting beliefs hide in the darkness (and how to bring them to light)
Some limiting beliefs are easy to find. Some are quite elusive. To make lasting change in an issue, we need to find all of the [...]
The Path Belief Trap: The Hidden Reason Successful Businesses Fail
A pride of lions watched two herds of cows for four years. From one herd they killed fifteen cows, from the other they killed none. [...]
