Nir Eyal
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That in fact, that we don't see reality clearly because we can't.
Reality is filtered based on our beliefs.
And so if you get the right beliefs, if you're able to identify the beliefs that serve you rather than hurt you,
That's how you unlock your real potential.
And so it's a process.
It's, you know, I like to call limiting beliefs are like your face, that your face, you know, everybody has a face.
And you can see other people's faces, just like you can see other people's limiting beliefs.
You can probably say how your spouse and your co workers and your parents, all that you can see their limitations, their limiting beliefs.
But you can't see your own just like if I were to say, look at your face.
How do you look at your face?
You can't look at your face.
You need a mirror.
You need to reflect in order to see your face, in order to see your limiting beliefs.
So there's a process to go through in order to uncover those limiting beliefs and turn them into liberating ones.
I recommend against it, actually.
It's so common.
You are not alone at all, Daniel.
This is super common.
Why is this?
Because it turns out the brain hates changing its mind.