Comments on: Beliefs Are Bad For Business

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:32:26 +0000

If I could change out the assumptions with courage and confidence, then, I think I would be set for the next step! I really like what you and J.D. said about this.. I think that will help to fight back or get beyond them when the thoughts arise again.

By: Tom Volkar

Tom Volkar — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:48:51 +0000

Trey – I also loved the mind expanding nature of that movie. Yep I expose so many beliefs that no longer serve me well that I no longer hold tightly to any of them. Life feels lighter without so many heavy beliefs.

Kathy – I’m pleased that you liked it and I know that you also celebrate life with a no holds barred kind of attitude. Thanks for visiting and I am quite curious to read your post that comment luv pulled up.

Lisa – Mind blowing is a great picture. I used to lead a guided meditation where we imagined little scrubbers and vacuums running in every nook and cranny of our minds. It was quite refreshing as was your comment.

By: Lisa Zimmerman

Lisa Zimmerman — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:46:03 +0000

I just returned from a 9-day Avatar course, which is all about beliefs – the ones you knew you had and the ones you didn’t, because they were hidden in the unconsicous. I knew intellectually that my beliefs create my reality and that my false beliefs could potentially limit my life. But it was a mind-blower to discover beliefs I didn’t know I had that were running almost everything! Only when unconscious beliefs are brought to consciousness and integrated do you have the power to choose what you want to keep and what you want to discreate. Yes, discreate – energetically. How cool is that?! This is a topic that is not spoken about often enough, in my opinion, and I thank you for bringing it up and for all your insights!
.-= Lisa Zimmerman´s last blog ..Solar Eclipse in Cancer – July 21 ‘09 =-.

By: Kathy | Virtual Impax

Kathy | Virtual Impax — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:06:13 +0000

There’s a zen saying that “In the beginner’s mind – the options are many – in the expert’s mind they are few.”

It would follow that the more of an “expert” you are in your field – the more susceptible you are to being limited by your beliefs.

I love your reply to Suzanne “Life is all a beautiful, wonderful choice.” The more choices – the more wonder and glory!
.-= Kathy | Virtual Impax´s last blog ..Social Media: It’s a Moral Imperative =-.

By: Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment

Trey - Swollen Thumb Entertainment — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:48:58 +0000

Hi Tom. After reading your post, and your wonderful responses, I have to say that there’s an abundance of value in this post and in the following comments. It reminds me of the movie “Dogma”, and how one of the central themes is that it is harmful to have beliefs, because people cling to them, and die for them. It is very hard to change a belief, so people should just have ideas. Ideas are flexible, and being flexible in life is much more important than being “right”.

I try not to have too many beliefs, but maybe I should try that “faux amnesia” idea. That’s great stuff. After all, any belief that’s worth it’s salt should withstand any amount of challenge to it.
.-= Trey – Swollen Thumb Entertainment´s last blog ..Why Money Can’t Buy Happiness =-.

By: Tom Volkar

Tom Volkar — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:10:33 +0000

Suzanne – I love that, faux-amnesia. That’s a wonderful idea just to see what we are really believing. Strip it down and see what remains. Life is all a beautiful, wonderful choice.

John – Welcome. yes our imagination is such a gloriously powerful creator, I can’t see what y anyone would ever want to limit it with something as frightful as beliefs.

Chris – Wow that child-like vulnerable feeling sounds like a wonderful place to find oneself. Yes breathe into it and look around in wonder.

Davina – Good job Coach. We all need to be illusion busters every day and then more folks would just do what they want to do. That would create a wonderfully happy world.

By: Davina

Davina — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:25:03 +0000

Hi Tom. Pretty much 99% of the time when I land on one of your posts, I find myself thinking “Why didn’t I think of that one?” When I read “worry is an abuse of imagination” I found myself thinking of a wild cat being put in a cage”. I think it is good to have a belief as long as we don’t hide behind it or become to attached to it. I love asking my clients, “What proof do you have of that?” and hear them sigh as they realize they are clinging to an illusion. Love it!
.-= Davina´s last blog ..Roaming with the Metaphor =-.

By: Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching

Chris Edgar | Purpose Power Coaching — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 19:41:09 +0000

One thing I’ve seen when it comes to beliefs is that I seem to have some ideas about how much joy and abundance I’m entitled to in my life — that I start getting nervous when I hit the “ceiling.” It’s a vulnerable, childlike feeling I get when I hit that point, and I guess it’s just a matter of fully breathing that feeling in.

By: John

John — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 02:26:05 +0000

Insightful post, Tom.

I would believe something that makes me feel good and challenges my own beliefs than something that limits my imagination and forces to think in a way that I’m not personally comfortable with.

We should always constantly question our beliefs and see if our comfort zones can handle it.
.-= John´s last blog ..Be Yourself and Stop Emulating the Masses =-.

By: Suzanne @ vAssistant Services

Suzanne @ vAssistant Services — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:04:59 +0000

The whole idea of beliefs and how we’ve come to have the ones we have intrigues me endlessly.

When a person gets hit in the head and wakes up with amnesia, one of the biggest contributors to the gaping hole they face is the absence of their belief system. Everything is up for inspection. I’m sure it’s wildly frightening to have that “rug” pulled out from under you, but I must admit to a certain envy, because when the beliefs are gone, so are the limits.

So, one of the things I do when I become aware that a particular belief of mine may be limiting me is give myself a case of faux-amnesia. I “wake up” and tell myself that the opposite belief is true. Then I see how different that makes me feel. Almost always, I find that the former limiting belief is a load of crap.
.-= Suzanne @ vAssistant Services´s last blog ..WordPress Summer Camp is Coming! =-.