Nick Pollard
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You said that there was four questions that have got you through a lot of things. So the four questions are, so when you get that feeling where you're hunching forward, right? The first question is, what am I believing? So our beliefs drive our behavior, our behavior creates our environments. We need to be very careful about what we're believing, especially in a moment like that, right?
So the first question is, what am I believing? Very often it's come back in some iteration of I'm not enough, right? I mean, whatever iteration that could be, you know, maybe I'm not smart enough. Maybe I didn't go to Harvard. Maybe, you know, it doesn't matter. It's the whole thing. It'll come back in some way or another.
So the first question is, what am I believing? Very often it's come back in some iteration of I'm not enough, right? I mean, whatever iteration that could be, you know, maybe I'm not smart enough. Maybe I didn't go to Harvard. Maybe, you know, it doesn't matter. It's the whole thing. It'll come back in some way or another.
So the first question is, what am I believing? Very often it's come back in some iteration of I'm not enough, right? I mean, whatever iteration that could be, you know, maybe I'm not smart enough. Maybe I didn't go to Harvard. Maybe, you know, it doesn't matter. It's the whole thing. It'll come back in some way or another.
core to the kind of the really interesting thing about beliefs is that they have to be reinforced somehow. So you have, you know, an experience, which is the feeling you're having, and then you have to reinforce it. So you're the only one that can reinforce it, it has to be reinforced by somebody in a position of authority. So if you're biased by yourself, and you're, you are that authority.
core to the kind of the really interesting thing about beliefs is that they have to be reinforced somehow. So you have, you know, an experience, which is the feeling you're having, and then you have to reinforce it. So you're the only one that can reinforce it, it has to be reinforced by somebody in a position of authority. So if you're biased by yourself, and you're, you are that authority.
core to the kind of the really interesting thing about beliefs is that they have to be reinforced somehow. So you have, you know, an experience, which is the feeling you're having, and then you have to reinforce it. So you're the only one that can reinforce it, it has to be reinforced by somebody in a position of authority. So if you're biased by yourself, and you're, you are that authority.
So you have to ask yourself the next question, question number two, which is, how am I reinforcing this belief system? Like, what am I doing or not doing?
So you have to ask yourself the next question, question number two, which is, how am I reinforcing this belief system? Like, what am I doing or not doing?
So you have to ask yourself the next question, question number two, which is, how am I reinforcing this belief system? Like, what am I doing or not doing?
that's making me feel that i am not enough and you'll get an answer to that right what am i doing or not doing um question number three is um what would i prefer to believe like what would i what is that preference you know rather than what should i believe what would i prefer to believe and um in my, in my vocabulary at that point was I would prefer to believe that I got this, like, it's good.
that's making me feel that i am not enough and you'll get an answer to that right what am i doing or not doing um question number three is um what would i prefer to believe like what would i what is that preference you know rather than what should i believe what would i prefer to believe and um in my, in my vocabulary at that point was I would prefer to believe that I got this, like, it's good.
that's making me feel that i am not enough and you'll get an answer to that right what am i doing or not doing um question number three is um what would i prefer to believe like what would i what is that preference you know rather than what should i believe what would i prefer to believe and um in my, in my vocabulary at that point was I would prefer to believe that I got this, like, it's good.
It's going to be fine. He's probably not going to murder me. I don't think he has a, you know, missile that will hit my house. So I think we're going to be okay. And then what do I need to do to reinforce this new idea, this new belief system? So when you go back to question number two, we ask like, what am I doing or not doing?
It's going to be fine. He's probably not going to murder me. I don't think he has a, you know, missile that will hit my house. So I think we're going to be okay. And then what do I need to do to reinforce this new idea, this new belief system? So when you go back to question number two, we ask like, what am I doing or not doing?
It's going to be fine. He's probably not going to murder me. I don't think he has a, you know, missile that will hit my house. So I think we're going to be okay. And then what do I need to do to reinforce this new idea, this new belief system? So when you go back to question number two, we ask like, what am I doing or not doing?
Very often the answer to question number four, which is, you know, what do I need to do to reinforce this new belief system? It's usually the opposite of whatever it was in question two. So it's like, I'm, I'm a, I'm timid about the show. It's just to admit that I'm timid about the show. Um, and yeah, it's a powerful exercise.
Very often the answer to question number four, which is, you know, what do I need to do to reinforce this new belief system? It's usually the opposite of whatever it was in question two. So it's like, I'm, I'm a, I'm timid about the show. It's just to admit that I'm timid about the show. Um, and yeah, it's a powerful exercise.
Very often the answer to question number four, which is, you know, what do I need to do to reinforce this new belief system? It's usually the opposite of whatever it was in question two. So it's like, I'm, I'm a, I'm timid about the show. It's just to admit that I'm timid about the show. Um, and yeah, it's a powerful exercise.
I mean, I get to connect with you over it, which, and to tell you like, this is, this has been like my, I've been excited all week. And, but when you have this idea in your head that you're not enough, that excitement very quickly can turn on you into anxiety.