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Jason Grace's avatar

Extremely based. Look forward to seeing more in the future!

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BONESAW's avatar

thank you!

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ty's avatar

I saw you tweet you’ve studied the mindsets and performances of the greats. Do you have a list of examples of core beliefs, self concepts and/or the internal dialogue of a man that wants to be a winner, powerful, strong and completely dominate in all aspects of life, just to get the ball rolling?

thanks again for the dope post

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BONESAW's avatar

Thank you!

Good question, i'll have to give a deeper analysis but common trends are those that are based on being autotelic, extremely curious, insatiable drive for learning, belief that they are hard working, belief that they do not require as much rest than others and can succeed with less and ultimately that there isn't anything that anybody has achieved that they can not achieve themselves

admittedly there are darker aspects too... but those are the positive ones

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ty's avatar

Will definitely apply this, would also love to hear the deeper analysis sometime, I’m sure you have a lot of good insight into it. Thanks for the reply.

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nosmallboystuff's avatar

Do you suggest changing one core belief at a time?

Or try to shoot all demons down at once?

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BONESAW's avatar

hi, good question

i did 2 at once because those were the ones i really needed to address

i'd say start off with 1-2 maximum because it is very difficult to change all of them at the same time

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Adam's avatar

thanks for the nudge. I've read about all this stuff before. But not til reading this article did I have a clear idea what I need to focus on.

"Don't feel sorry for yourself"

Have been using this phrase to catch myself in the act and redirect my heart each time. For about a week since reading this article

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BONESAW's avatar

love this

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username.bot's avatar

Thank you, this is great work. I was always interested in the concept of self-brainwashing, and applied it on some, though limited, level. This is quite a step-up, truly appreciated.

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BONESAW's avatar

thank you!!

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Erik Mayer's avatar

great article

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BONESAW's avatar

thank you!

very glad you enjoyed it!

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Joseph's avatar

This is really good.

I’m going to experiment with this a bit for a couple things I’m working on.

Thanks.

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Rich Williams's avatar

Excellent post.

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Dashing Caballero's avatar

4. Provide evidence for these thoughts

Essentially, do what you did in #2 by providing evidence for the core beliefs you want to change, but instead collect evidence of your new core belief from the things you're doing to reinforce it on a daily basis?

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Mugiwara's avatar

Good read. Can I have your X handle

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Gerard Mullins's avatar

Selena, what would the mindet/belief of a comedian and creative content creator be do you think? I am doing both at the moment, going well but doubts can set in? I struggle with consistency at times, thank you

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Gerard Mullins's avatar

Selena you are a fuckin legend, love this

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Mubeen I.'s avatar

It's super nice to see your genealogy as a writer. I start with these today. Awesome post, man.

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Hedoro's avatar

never felt like things that work for others in chaging their lifes work for me, but maybe this will

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Ahmed El Sayed's avatar

Hello

Where can I find the rest of this topic pls

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maro's avatar

Fantastic, took copious notes, and about to implement.

Surprisingly, one of the most vicious core beliefs that I want to implement is the idea that I'm super healthy, and yet I sit here, with a delicious cup of poisonous soda, completely disgusted at the sight (or maybe rather more embarrassed a the cognitive dissonance displayed.

Thanks for writing this!

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