Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Is LACK OF BELIEF the world’s number one problem?

11 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A argues that a lack of self‑belief is the most pressing problem facing humanity and suggests that individuals can "borrow" belief from aspirational mentors when they lack confidence. Speaker B expands on this by imagining the advice that a future version of oneself (Nick at 80) would give to the present self (Nick at 31), and proposes a practical method for generating self‑belief: regularly consuming inspirational stories and content—especially the speaker’s own material—on social media. The conversation frames belief‑building as both a large, transformative experience and a series of small, repeatable 30‑ to 60‑second consumption moments that cumulatively create “big giant chunks” of confidence.

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Well, I think lack of belief is the world's number one problem. We can learn from what I call aspirational mentors. So if you don't have the belief in yourself yet, you can borrow belief from other people.
I had an interesting realization yesterday as well, which is that what advice would Nick at 80 give to Nick at 31 years old today? How can I take action on that? How can I generate more self-belief? And it's by reading stories like yours and it's by consuming the content that you produce and put out on the internet. You can build that belief in big giant chunks all at once when you do something miraculous, or 30 to 60 seconds at a time as you consume somebody's content consistently on social media.