THE POWER OF BELIEFS
Channel: DreamBIG
Date: 2020-06-19

The highest levels of performance are empowered by the deepest levels of belief. Performing with belief is a critical factor for achieving success at anything in life.

What you believe drives what you do, and what you do determines what you achieve. When your belief is strong, you perform smarter, better, and with greater resilience. This is true everywhere: business, athletics, education, and personal relationships.

What you believe either empowers you or it limits you. Empowering beliefs pull your performance up; limiting beliefs pull your performance down. This is especially true under competitive pressure or in response to challenging situations.

The good news is that what you believe is your choice.

Win in Your Mind First

Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion, you rise (or sink) to the level of your training. Challenging situations put pressure on your mental toughness. Talent isn’t enough. Physical training isn’t enough. You must be fully engaged mentally. In other words, you must believe. This is because the body follows the mind. The highest levels of performance require the deepest levels of belief. Elite performers win in their mind first.

A great example is the New England Patriots in the 2017 Super Bowl.

In the Third Quarter, the Atlanta Falcons were dominating the Patriots. The Falcons had a 28-3 lead, and it looked like an almost certain victory for Atlanta. No team in the history of the Super Bowl had ever come back from a deficit that big.

But then New England elevated their play. Their defense started getting stops and their offense started scoring points. As the Fourth Quarter began, you could see and feel New England’s belief getting stronger, and you could see and feel Atlanta’s belief starting to waver.  With a minute left in the Fourth Quarter, the Patriots scored to tie the game and went on to win in overtime.

It was the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history.

Belief played a big part. The Patriots played poorly – and the Falcons played well – for 3½ quarters. But the Patriots never lost faith, and their belief kicked in when they needed it most. It empowered them to accomplish something that had never been done and which looked almost impossible at the time.

Why is Belief So Powerful?

The power of belief resides in its ability to do four things: Belief creates vision. Belief creates strength of will. Belief creates resilience. Belief ignites and activates.

Belief creates vision.  Belief sees the invisible. It sees what has not yet been accomplished. Belief sees the goal, and it sees The Path required to achieve the goal.


The Path is the work that must be done, and people who believe have a crystal clear vision of what that work looks like. They see themselves training, practicing, performing, and achieving. They see themselves on The Path and doing the work.


Because of their clarity of vision, they ignore distractions. They ignore doubters. They do not concern themselves with what critics say. Because of their laser-like vision, people who believe win in their mind first.

Belief creates strength of will.  Strength of will is the powerful alignment of uncommon commitment, relentless perseverance, and consistent discipline. Uncommon commitment is the will to do whatever The Path requires. Relentless perseverance is the will to stay On-Path for as long as necessary. Consistent discipline is the will to say no to anything that is Off-Path.