Choose your beliefs, don’t absorb them.

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Brian Kight

Everything you believe comes from two sources: you choose it or you absorb it.

Absorbed beliefs come from the environment around you. They get imposed on you through influence, repetition, popularity, force, or guilt until you internalize them and believe them too. The danger when you absorb beliefs is that you unintentionally internalize things that aren’t true, don’t work, and hold you back.

Chosen beliefs come from inside you. You observe the world, assess what is true, decide what is right for you, and commit to what is on your heart. The process of choosing your beliefs is personal, you don’t owe anything to anyone, and something you absolutely must do for yourself if you want to become the best version of you.

Everyone absorbs beliefs early in life. Not everyone crosses the line of choosing their own beliefs, independent from what they’ve absorbed. If you haven’t, cross that line now.

Keep your decisions simple — if you didn’t choose a belief for a good and clear purpose (or don’t want to choose it now), start the process of letting it go, however long or quickly it takes. Evaluate every belief you hold as it comes up in your life. Choose it or discard it.

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