Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

THE LAW OF BELIEF
Remember,
whatever you believe, with feeling, becomes your reality.
The
greater the intensity of your belief, the more emotion you combine
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with it, the greater the impact it has on your behavior and on every-
thing that happens to you.
If you absolutely believe that you are destined to be a great suc-
cess, and you hold to this belief no matter what happens, then
there is nothing in the world that can stop you from becoming that
great success.
If you absolutely believe that you are a good person with
tremendous abilities and that you are going to do remarkable
things with your life, that belief will express itself through all of
your actions and will eventually become your reality. The biggest
responsibility you have to yourself is to change your beliefs on the
inside so that they are consistent with the realities you wish to en-
joy on the outside.
You can always tell what your beliefs really are by looking at
what you do. You always express your true values in your actions.
You always act on the outside consistent with who you really are,
and what you really believe, on the inside.
One of the best ways to determine your true beliefs is to think
about how you behave when you are angry, upset, or under pressure
of any kind. This is when they come out. As Terrance wrote,
“Cir-
cumstances do not make the man; they only reveal him to himself.”
(And
to others!)
By using the Law of Reversibility, you can develop within your-
self the values, beliefs, and qualities you most admire by 
acting as if
you already had them, whenever they are called for by the circum-
stances of your life. To develop courage, force yourself to act coura-
geously, even when you are afraid. To develop integrity, speak and
act with complete honesty, even if you feel like shading the truth or
cutting corners. Soon your beliefs will mirror your acts, and your
acts will mirror your beliefs.
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