08/06/2025
I love this motivational speech because it speaks such a powerful truth:
When we believe weâll fail or that things wonât improve, we often act in ways that make those beliefs come true.
But when we believe weâll succeed, or that things can work out, we begin to prove that belief right instead.
When I work with people, Iâm always curious about how they see themselvesâbecause our self-image, or identity, is really just a collection of beliefs we hold about who we are.
And hereâs the thing: most of those beliefs werenât even chosen consciously.
They were shapedâoften subtlyâby the people around us.
Sometimes a belief was passed on directly: through criticism, rejection, or being told we werenât good enough.
Other times, we formed beliefs through misunderstandingsâmisinterpreting someoneâs mood, silence, or absence as something wrong with us.
A parentâs distraction, a teacherâs comment, a friend turning awayâwe may have drawn big conclusions from small moments, never realizing we were making meaning of things that had nothing to do with our worth.
If we come to believe weâre unlovable, we might end up in relationships with people who canât love us in a healthy wayâor we might push away those who do.
If we believe weâre bad, we might act out that belief.
If we think others wonât like us, we may never give them the chanceâholding back and confirming the very fear we wanted to avoid.
Thatâs why itâs so important to question the beliefs we holdâespecially the ones that donât serve us.
Beliefs arenât facts. Theyâre not fixed.
They can be explored, challenged, and changed.
And when we begin to believe something differentâsomething kinder, truer, more empoweringâour lives begin to change in response.
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