How do we begin to remove our negative beliefs? And do you believe it's possible for everyone?

Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Is it possible to remove your negative beliefs?

10 Jul 2023 · 1 min

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You can rewire negative beliefs by unlearning the habits that feed them. Research shows happiness is only 40% genetic and 10% circumstance, leaving 50% in your control. Barbara Fredrickson's work and twin studies prove humans aren't locked into their thought patterns.

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Yes, it is possible. By learning and then unlearning the habits that sustain negative beliefs, we can change them. Although we have an evolutionary negativity bias, we are not prisoners to genetics. Research shows happiness is about 40% genetic and only 10% due to life circumstances, indicating substantial room for personal change.

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How do we begin to remove our negative beliefs? And do you believe it's possible for everyone?
I absolutely do believe it's possible. If you learned these habits, if you learn these behaviors, you can unlearn them, right? So genetically, from an evolution perspective, we all have this negativity bias, but that doesn't mean it can't be changed. We're not prisoners to evolution. We're not prisoners to genetics. In fact, there's some really interesting research by Fredrickson and a couple other people, and it's well known as the twin study. And they studied identical twins. That were separated at birth. And it was very interesting because they determined that somebody's happiness is about 40% genetic. Okay. And the other 10% is based on life circumstances. And you would think intuition tells us that life circumstances is actually a larger chunk. But the research, research says no, not really. It's only about 10%. The other 40%, in terms of defining your happiness, defining your positive emotions, defining your life satisfaction, 40% is