A speaker explains how repeatedly stating a thought consciously can lead to emotional buy-in, embedding it into the subconscious, which then mobilizes resources to make that belief true in one’s reality. This process creates self-fulfilling cycles that can keep people emotionally hooked and stuck in unhelpful, negative beliefs about themselves (e.g., financial failure).
Say something. Enough times consciously, you buy into it emotionally. Enough times consciously, it gets into your subconscious. And then your subconscious gets to work making that be true for you. It will use every resource available to ensure that what you just said is true, will be true for you in your life and in your reality. So when it gets to the end of the month and your financial situation hasn't changed, you're upset, but you're satisfying your ego by saying, look, my belief was right. Yeah, I was right. And so that's what keeps us hooked, and that's what keeps us stuck. We're addicted to these shit beliefs that don't do anything for us, that make us feel like shit.
