Stephen Robbins here.

Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

People say that if you believe something hard enough, it will come true.

And as a kid, I believed that.

They told me in science class that solid matter is mostly empty space.

It seemed reasonable to me that this meant I should be able to walk through walls. Several painful months later, I decided that if you

believe something hard enough, you'll just smash your nose against the wall, seriously damaging

your dating prospects for life. And that, my friends, is how I stopped believing that if I believe

something hard enough, it will come true. But still, our beliefs do create our reality. Your

beliefs determine what you'll try to do, and your beliefs determine how you'll interpret the

world. You hear your boss has taken over

stalled Project X.

Well, if you believe Bossy Boss is a political power-hungry corporate climber,

you'll think that devious tool is trying to consolidate power.

But if you believe your boss is competent

and concerned with the company's future,

you'll think, thank goodness someone competent is going to make Project X profitable.

Same action? Totally different interpretations.

Your beliefs make you happy or miserable. They'll motivate you or demotivate you.

Some beliefs get you experimenting and learning, while others make you hunker down and

preserve the status quo. But these beliefs aren't real. What is real is what you do because of your

beliefs. Challenge your beliefs by reconsidering them. Your brain naturally tries to interpret the

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