Derek Thompson
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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Who am I when I hold on to that belief?
So when I believe my mother is too judgmental and hard to please, I'm short-tempered.
I become this 13-year-old version of myself.
I'm not really very nice.
Okay, fourth question.
Who would I be without that belief?
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.