Mike Carruthers

And that belief becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

So where do these beliefs come from?

Why do we cling to them, even when they limit us?

And more importantly, how do you change them?

Nir Eyal has spent years studying the intersection of psychology, behavior, and human potential.

He's taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and written multiple best-selling books.

His latest is called Beyond Belief, the science-backed way to stop limiting yourself and achieve breakthrough results.

And he's here to explain how to identify the hidden beliefs holding you back and replace them with ones that actually move you forward.

Hi Nir, welcome back to Something You Should Know.

Hi Mike, great to be here.

So to kick off this conversation, let me just ask you to state your case, state your premise of what it is you're trying to get across to people.

Great.

Well said.

So give me some examples of limiting beliefs that many of us may have.

that we don't necessarily realize are limiting, but they just are beliefs.

So these beliefs that we have, well, wait a minute.

If somebody says some of those things that you just said, like, you know, I have this diagnosis or, you know, it's too late because I'm 85 years old and I don't think I can make the Olympic team.

You know, those aren't beliefs.

Those are truths.

But you also have to be realistic, too.