Belief Checklists

Beliefs are one of those things that need to be:

1. Realism. If the connection between the beliefs we harbor and the world we live in is not substantial, we won't be able to have the effect we need for MEANINGFUL change to take place.

2. Data driven or INFORMED. Basing our beliefs should be open to EDITING. Impermanence around us is due to innate randomness (as science says) of natural phenomenon. In order for us to grapple with trends and inherent chaos, we need to FLOW with change. Having an OPEN attitude to transitions gives way to CURIOSITY.

3. PRAGMATIC & Impactful. Somewhere the loop that links beliefs and action is emphatically CENTRAL for converting belief to AGENCY. HOW? We humans tend to prefer actions, explanations or register what happens around us based on what we believe. If our hypothesis are grounded in REALITY (see point 1) and there is a PROCESS that converts beliefs into actions, we'd be able to ACTUALIZE our beliefs. That's how social LEARNING takes place. That's what LEARNING from OTHERS is all about.

4. Self-fulfilling. As evidence or proof gets significant and informs our beliefs and later our actions, we tend to have MORE of the goodies we envisioned, right from the hypothesis stage to fruition. A heuristic to find this out to log how happy are one's days.

5. Optimistic in OUTLOOK. It's about seeing the glass half full but realizing that focusing on the glass half full will lead to full glass as I continue doing the things right. For-example, I believe that good things happen to those who are action oriented. Given it's true, every forthcoming day, week, month and year I will be more happy as I take more action and I get the desired outcome. (see point 1 for revising beliefs)

6. GRATITUDE & little things COUNT. Depending on our FOCUS, we can measure the salience our weighed BELIEFS have on life. At times when our focus is narrow and on the nitty gritty, we come to appreciate the little things as they were HUGE. Because getting the small things right is the precursor to doing the bigger things right. The devil is in the details.