Stevea Robbins here.

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

We learned at age two that one box is fun, but many boxes make a really cool fort.

And as we get older, we build more and more boxes in our mind.

And more and more forts.

We call these beliefs.

Some of the boxes work well for us, but some of those boxes can turn our fort into an asylum,

complete with straitjackets.

In my episode on How to Overcome Limiting Beliefs, I shared the work of Byron Katie,

which is one way to learn to think outside the box of your beliefs.

I suggested that you explore your beliefs about what is and isn't possible for you to achieve.

Well, today we'll learn about other boxes that we use to build forts.

Some of these boxes may be worth thinking outside of.

Make sure you've listened to the episode on overcoming limiting

beliefs since today's episode assumes that you know the technique of exploring outside your beliefs.

Explore beliefs about cause and effect. Some of the most powerful beliefs are beliefs about

what causes what. If you believe that dancing around with a lampshade on your

head waving a rubber chicken will cause people to like you, you'll do that. You'll do that at every

available opportunity. We've all known someone who does that. Heck, we've all been someone like that.

And some of us figured out really quickly that it doesn't work too well. Others, however, have never challenged that belief.

In business, if you believe that punishment gets people to work hardest, you'll punish poor

performers. If you believe that rewards get people to work hardest, you'll concentrate on

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