Derek Thompson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
If I had a magic wand and I could somehow extinguish that belief, I could make it just disappear.
How would I feel?
Who would I be?
Well, if I didn't believe that my mother was too judgmental and hard to please, I'd
be more patient.
I feel lighter.
I be more myself.
Sounds great.
So in just a few questions, I determined that this thing that I thought was a fact was not a fact.
It's just a belief that it wasn't really serving me and that I might be way better off without it.
So now it's time for the turnaround.
Now, how do you do a turnaround?
You ask yourself to consider whether the exact opposite of what you believe could also be true.
And again, this is very uncomfortable.
We don't like doing this.
But of course, this is the only way to grow.
This is the only way to see things from different perspectives.
So what you're doing is collecting this portfolio of perspectives.
You already have one.
My existing belief was my mother is too judgmental and hard to please.