The Psychology of Beliefs: Why Change Is So Hard

The Mindset Mentor

Rob Dial

Mindset, Health & Fitness, Education, Business

4.9 • 14.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we're going to explore how our beliefs, whether they're about ourselves, politics, religion, or even our favorite sports teams, often stem from thoughts we've repeated so much that they feel like solid truths. But here's a fun fact: just because we believe something, doesn't make it an absolute fact. Mind-blowing, right? We'll also chat about why our brains aren't big fans of inconsistency and how this leads us to resist ideas that clash with our beliefs. Ever found yourself rationalizing or trivializing something just to keep your belief boat from rocking? We've all been there, and I'll share why that happens! Plus, we'll get into the nitty-gritty of cognitive dissonance and how our beliefs tie into our identity. It's fascinating how we can align ourselves so strongly with a political party, religion, or even a sports team, and how challenging these beliefs can feel like shaking the very ground we stand on. And remember, nothing changes if we don't change. Let's do this!

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0:00.0	Welcome to today's episode of the Mindset Mentor Podcast, the Number One Mindset Podcast in the world. I am your host Rob Dial. If you
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0:31.1	Once again, 512, 5809305. Let's get 512 5809305. Today we're going to be talking about why change is so hard and we're going to really
0:40.0	go into the psychology behind the beliefs that you have. And the reason why is because first
0:46.8	off it's kind of wild nowadays to see, like I love watching people interact in the world because there's so much
0:56.4	psychology that goes into it and I want you guys to understand the thing that I've
1:00.0	that I want to kind of get across in this episode is just because you believe
1:04.4	something does not make it true. Sorry that's just the way that it goes and when you
1:10.2	look at people who have such strong beliefs out there in the world, they hate anything
1:16.6	that comes to be the opposite of their belief or that challenges their beliefs in some sort
1:21.2	of way.
1:22.2	Let's talk about it real quick,
1:23.2	so I've been really diving into beliefs a lot recently
1:25.6	and thinking about them a lot recently.
1:28.3	Basically, here's what a belief is.
1:30.7	Is you think something for a long enough time, then eventually you believe it to be true.
1:36.8	So it could be religion, it could be politics, it could be something about yourself, like you could could believe oh I'm just a lazy
1:44.3	person and you might think that today but if you think it's today and tomorrow and the
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