I use the word beliefs to mean a statement about reality that we think is
"the truth." Values are a type of belief, one indicating right and wrong,
good and bad, preferences -- but still a belief. Our behavior,
perceptions, thinking, and much of our feelings are a function of our
beliefs, which, if changed, can radically change our behavior,
perceptions, thinking and feelings.
Based on working with over 1,000 private clients, eliminating value
beliefs is no more difficult that any other type of belief.
Morty Lefkoe
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> In Training = Learning? LO14052, Morty Lefkoe writes:
>
> >>If behavior is the result of beliefs, then permanently eliminating the
> >>beliefs will change the behavior permanently.
>
> In another recent post, Ray Evans Harrell equated beliefs with Senge's
> concept of mental models. I'd like to offer something that works better
> for me: beliefs are values in action.
>
> Values are the things that are important to us, and they can be very hard
> to describe. Values are statements about oneself, outside the context of
> the interactive world. Beliefs are expressions of how the world is
> supposed to work in relation to values. In this sense, Morty's statement
> above implies some way of getting at the root of how a person sees herself
> and changing the underlying values.
>
> David E. Birren
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