This week’s question from our portal “Ask Us Anything” comes from Vince:
Everything you’ve taught recently makes sense intellectually. But I’m struggling to really believe it at a deep level. Like, I want to believe that I can create whatever I want, but part of me still thinks that’s crazy. How do I bridge that gap between intellectual understanding and deep belief?
You don’t bridge it by trying to believe harder. You bridge it by acting on what you intellectually understand until the results prove it to you.
Belief follows evidence. You can’t manufacture belief out of thin air. You have to create the evidence first.
So here’s what you do: you act as if what you intellectually understand is true, and you do it consistently until you get results that confirm it.
Every time you get a result—even a small one—that proves the principle works, your belief gets stronger. The more results you get, the stronger your belief becomes.
Eventually, you don’t have to try to believe anymore. You just know it’s true because you’ve proven it to yourself over and over.
But you have to start by acting before you believe. That’s faith. Faith is acting on a principle before you have proof that it works.
And here’s the thing: you don’t need 100% belief to get started. You just need enough belief to take action. And then the action creates the results that build more belief.
It’s not believe, then act. It’s act, then believe.
Most people wait for the belief to show up before they’ll take action. And they wait forever because belief doesn’t work that way.
You have to be willing to act from intellectual understanding even when you don’t feel it emotionally. You have to be willing to do the thing before you’re certain it’ll work.
That’s how you build belief. Not by trying harder to convince yourself, but by proving it to yourself through action and results.
Start small if you need to. Pick one principle. Apply it. Get a result. Let that build your belief. Then apply the next principle.
But don’t wait for deep belief before you start. Start now, with whatever level of belief you have, and let the results deepen it.
That’s how everyone who’s ever done this has done it. There’s no other way.
