Beliefs

Beliefs are fixed judgments about oneself, others and the world that influence interpretations, emotions and actions.

Definition

Beliefs organize experience and help you quickly interpret situations, but they can also perpetuate limitations. They arise through experience, social learning, repeated narratives, and emotionally powerful events. In cognitive work, it is important to check beliefs in data, and not just repeat them automatically.

Key ideas

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Practice and life

Choose one strong belief and write down the evidence for, the evidence against, and a more flexible version that still respects the facts.

Common misunderstanding

It is a mistake to treat beliefs as immutable facts. A common mistake is to replace one extreme belief with another, equally unverified one.

Questions for self-reflection

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