Helplessness is our default state. We learn hope. We are born helpless. Think about how a baby comes into the world. Completely helpless. We have to learn agency. So when we hear those limiting beliefs, those beliefs that decrease our motivation, that increase our suffering, when we hear that whisper of, you can't do this, it's too late, you don't have time, you're no good at this, this is hard. That is your brain's safe place.

I'm asking people to reconsider their perspectives, and your default state hates that.

From LinkedIn News, I'm Jesse Hempel, and this is Hello Monday.

This week we're talking about beliefs.

Why we have them, where they come from,

and most important, how they impact us.

There's a lot in this conversation that will surprise you.

My guest today, near Aal, he emphasizes beliefs are tools, not truths.

By shifting the self-limiting beliefs we have, we can control motivation and the outcomes in our own lives.

Nira is a best-selling author.

His work sits at the intersection of business, behavior, and the brain.

His last work on habits.

Well, it reshaped the way I thought of my own in this newest book Beyond

Belief presents strategies for replacing limiting ideas and achieving real results. Here's near.

You sat down and you said to me like this book is different than other books for me.

This book, as I researched it, it actually changed the way that I do what I do.

So I wanted to start there.

What did you mean?

Well, I started out wanting to understand the powers of belief and how beliefs can change our minds and our realities and our lives. And then that led me into placebo science. And then placebo science led me into the power of prayer. And the power

of prayer led me to question my own practices and things that I would never think to do before.

I haven't prayed since I was six years old. I started doing. And it's definitely not a, when I say belief, you know, belief is a very charged word.

It's not a religious book in any way, shape, or form.

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