Creating belief clusters

Beliefs and principles tend to form in self-organising groups. To assist in the development of a belief, it is often useful to create clusters of supporting beliefs that validate and support the original belief.

1) Identify the Belief or Principle that you wish to install.
Create a list of the principles or beliefs that you wish to install.

2) Restate each as a principle
One by one, take each principle and restate and rewrite as your own principle.
Example:
"In my work relationships, there is no failure, only feedback"
"In my work relationships, there is no failure, only feedback as I understand what is happening and make adjustments to my behaviour to support where I'm moving to"

3) Identify 1 to 3 supporting reasons for each belief
Why would this principle support, enhance and / or empower you in your life?
Example:
If I didn't frame things in terms of failure, but feedback, I would be more ready to give it a go and try new things.
With no 'Failure', I would be thinking less about me and more about my clients and that would allow me to operate in a more effective way.
With no failure, only feedback, I'd be more open to calibrating when things don't work, less likely to personalise, and more focused on becoming more effective.

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