How to be a Complete and Utter F**k Up, 3rd Edition

Step

18

Don’t change your beliefs

Quote to avoid

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.”

Gandhi

Think about it. Did you pop out of the womb with your beliefs already hard-wired in? No. So where do you get most, if not all, of your beliefs from when you are a child? That’s right, your parents. Now, maybe you were unlucky enough to have parents who filled you with empowering beliefs about yourself and the world in general. A mum and dad who believed in you, who encouraged you to fulfil your potential, who taught you anything was possible, that you could be, do and have anything you deeply desired. Parents like that are rare. Which means the rest of us probably ...