Importance Of Changing Belief Systems

• Your belief systems influence your actions.
• These belief systems are created at an early age.
• If you change your beliefs you can change your life

A belief is something that you regard to be true, or occur in a particular way. Belief systems act like filters in the brain, causing you to see the world in a specific way.

They edit your reality, and therefore influence your actions. So how do belief systems form? Well, although many factors can form belief systems, the 2 most important are your parents and your early school years.

Beliefs From Parents        

When you enter the world you arrive with a blank slate. You have no preconceived ideas about the world, how it works, you have no “filters” and anything is possible.

However as a survival mechanism human beings are genetically programmed to mimic or model those around them, and as a result are extremely susceptible to external influences.

These influences first come in the form of our parents. As we grow older we learn from our parents what we can and can’t do, in short we adopt their belief systems, which in turn filter our reality and therefore how we view the world.

For example, are you an optimistic person or are you negative? Are you a calm person or do you have a temper? Compare your characteristics to those of your parents, and see how many belief systems they passed onto you.

Beliefs From School

One common belief told to children is that if they don’t get good grades they won’t get a good job.

But this belief is false as there are many successful millionaires in the world, many of whom never even finished school.

However should a child finish school with poor grades and accept this limiting false belief, they are then likely to believe success is something they cannot achieve.

Their belief system simply does not allow for the possibility of success, and as a result they most likely will never achieve it.

Change Your Beliefs

Of course there are many, many other factors which influence our beliefs. These beliefs are usually formed at an early age and unless changed, stay with us for the rest of our lives.

The important point however is that whilst some beliefs may benefit us, many do not, and only serve to limit what you believe you can achieve.

But if you can change these belief systems, you will change what you think is possible, and ultimately what you can achieve.

What Are Your Beliefs?                  

I firmly believe that anything is possible. You just have to know what to do, how to do it, then keep doing it until you succeed. If you want to become successful, it is necessary for you to believe you can become successful.

You first need to remove your limiting beliefs and replace them with ones that are congruent with what you would like to achieve.

But remember, believing something will not automatically make it happen. It merely opens the door of possibility. Your job is to walk through that door and make it a reality!