2026-04-10
19 分钟I'm trying to figure out if we get to choose our beliefs.
And I actually read about this in my book recently.
And I feel like you 're the person to ask this question because I know that our lives are governed by these beliefs
that we have about the world, ourselves and everything in between.
But can we choose them?
I think so.
You know, when I was here last time, you asked me about my childhood, which I don't talk about a lot.
It wasn't awful.
But it also wasn't amazing.
But the beliefs I had then.
Are so totally different to the beliefs I have now because I chose to give myself better beliefs because,
you know, you make your beliefs and then your beliefs turn and write around and animate you.
And then confirmation bias means you look for proof of what you have chosen to believe and you'll find it.
So if you say, oh, I hate cats.
They're vicious things that scratch you.
They're really aloof.
Or I don't like dogs.
They're barky, yappy, horrible things.
Then if you believe that about a dog and you meet a dog, you'll feel so anxious that.
That will become true.