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Believing #1187 · From Chad

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Believing is a skill. There's a story behind that.
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This is your daily message from Chadmore 1187 to upgrade your
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mental game today by telling yourself a better story.
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Because the most important story you hear is the story you tell
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yourself. This message is dedicated to
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Joanne Elizabeth Smith on her 70th birthday and is still
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playing on the basketball court. She played in a basketball
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tournament this year. Amazing.
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You get a free copy of my book, The Most Powerful Story in the
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World, by going to from chad.gumroad.com.
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What have you got to lose? It's free.
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The transcript of this message and hundreds of others are
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always available at www.fromchad.com.
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Here's the upgrade. You think the things you believe
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are set and static, but upgraded thinking realizes your beliefs
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are skills that can be trained. Here's the story.
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The night before young David stepped onto the valley floor to
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face Goliath, three of his friends came to his tent to say
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goodbye. They had already concluded that
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he was going to die out there. When they asked David how he
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could possibly remain competing against a giant who is a 40
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point favorite, David simply looked at them and said, I have
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my slingshot and Goliath's so big, how can I possibly miss?
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This story perfectly illustrates the incredible mechanism of a
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core belief. A core belief is the
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foundational lens through which a person interprets reality.
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We don't see the world the way it is.
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We see the world the way we are. Core beliefs function as
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internal filters that govern our perception.
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A core belief does not have to be objectively true to be
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believed. I'm sure you know people who
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live their lives on bogus beliefs.
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Because perception becomes reality.
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A core belief alters how we process every challenge.
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This is not woo woo psycho Babble.
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Core beliefs do not appear out of nowhere.
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They're built through repetition, focus, and internal
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narration. You become what you think about
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most of the time. Every thought held repeatedly in
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the mind acts as a seed planted in a neutral field, bound to
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produce a harvest of its own kind.
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Don't believe me? I can prove it.
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I can instantly make you happier.
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Want to take on my challenge? Think about your favorite
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animal. Maybe you have a pet or a
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friend's animal that came to mind.
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Now I don't expect you entered into a state of euphoria, but
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you felt a little happier. We've told the Cherokee story
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before of the two wolves fighting inside every person,
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one representing fear and anger, the other representing joy and
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courage. When asked which wolf wins, the
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wise elder replies. The one that you feed.
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Be careful what you say to yourself.
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You're listening. By constantly feeding certain
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thoughts, you reinforce underlying core beliefs.
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The encouraging news is that this means core beliefs are
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skills, mental habits that can be learned and proved, trained
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and mastered. Core beliefs are essential
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because what you believe ultimately determines how you
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behave. They function either as
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stumbling blocks that paralyze action or stepping stones that
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propel progress. When someone operates under a
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limiting core belief, they focus on fear and hold back.
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An empowering core belief aligns subconscious actions with goals,
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allowing an individual to step forward with full commitment.
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It's a truism at this point. Whether you think you can or
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think you can't, you're right. The better story to tell
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yourself is my core beliefs are skills I control.
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Ultimately, life presents everyone with giant obstacles.
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Whether those obstacles defeat you or elevate you depends on
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the mental filter you bring to the fight.
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Changing your life does not require shrinking the giant.
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It requires feeding the right wolf and choosing a core belief
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that turns an intimidating threat into a target too big to
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miss. Now you may agree with my
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message today, or not. I've seen that there are two
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types of people in the world, those who just think it and
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those who just do it. I don't want these messages to
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be thought provoking, but change provoking.
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Don't just think it, ink it. Start battling your limiting
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beliefs today by writing down the antidote belief.
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Write it 100 times today. Write it 1000 times.
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Your core beliefs are a skill you can train, so start acting
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as if you believe today. Tell me a story of thinking 1
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can or thinking 1 can't to be being true to From
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chadsmith@gmail.com. Send someone a text and ask
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them. Would you like me to make you
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instantly feel a little happier?