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You Are Your Values and Beliefs
Have you ever wondered what fuels your motivations and drives your attitude and behavior? You’d like to think it’s all a conscious decision and the result of in-depth rationalization on your part. There’s truth to that, but there are many other levers inside of you that act subconsciously.
Among those, two fundamental concepts live at the root of everything. If you understand what these are, you can not only understand yourself and what is holding you back in life but even scratch the surface of understanding the world and its behavior, at least since the rise of consciousness.
So, what drives our attitude and behavior at the most basic level?
It’s our beliefs and values.
These two concepts drive the way we think, behave, and our attitude toward ourselves and the world around us. Understanding those beliefs and values and realizing that they are not fixed and can be altered is a critical prerequisite to your personal growth and self-improvement.
Our Beliefs
“Peace of mind produces right values; right values produce right thoughts. Right thoughts produce right actions.” — Mark Richardson
Beliefs are the things we hold as true, regardless of whether we have any proof of their objective truth. We either inherit or develop our beliefs…
