Beliefs are why you can or can’t. Some people have a belief they can’t be great at something, that’s what I call a stupid belief. Our NLP Training can change that.
For some people, the belief that they can’t be great is a matter of fact; that’s just how it is. For others, it’s a nagging negative inner voice that comes in almost immediately after thinking positively about being great at something.
You may not have one of these beliefs, but you may know someone who does.
So here is how to tell someone “Your Beliefs Are Stupid.”
The Prince And The Magician
Once upon a time, there was a young prince who believed in all things but three.
He did not believe in princesses, he did not believe in islands, he did not believe in God.
His father, the king, told him that such things did not exist. As there were no princesses or islands in his father’s domains and no sign of God, the young prince believed his father.
But then, one day, the prince ran away from his palace. He came to the next land.
There, to his astonishment, from every coast, he saw islands, and on the islands, strange and troubling creatures whom he dared not name.
As he was searching for a boat, a man in full evening dress approached him along the shore.
‘Are those real islands?’ asked the young prince.
‘Of course they are real islands,’ said the man in evening dress.
‘And those strange and troubling creatures?’
‘They are all genuine and authentic princesses.’
‘Then God also must exist!’ cried the prince.
‘I am God,’ replied the man in full evening dress, with a bow.
The young prince returned home as quickly as he could.
‘So you are back,’ said his father, the king.
‘I have seen islands, I have seen princesses, I have seen God,’ said the prince reproachfully.
The king was unmoved.
‘Neither real islands, nor real princesses, nor a real God, exist.’
‘I saw them!’
‘Tell me how God was dressed.’
‘God was in full evening dress.’
‘Were the sleeves of his coat rolled back?’
The prince remembered that they had been. The king smiled.
‘That is the uniform of a magician. You have been deceived.’
At this, the prince returned to the next land and went to the same shore, where once again he came upon the man in full evening dress.
‘My father, the king, has told me who you are,’ said the young prince indignantly. ‘You deceived me last time, but not again. Now I know that those are not real islands and real princesses because you are a magician.’
The man on the shore smiled.
‘It is you who are deceived, my boy. In your father’s kingdom, there are many islands and many princesses. But you are under your father’s spell, so you cannot see them.’
The prince returned pensively home. When he saw his father, he looked him in the eyes.
‘Father, is it true that you are not a real king, but only a magician?’
The king smiled and rolled back his sleeves.
‘Yes my son, I am only a magician.’
‘Then the man on the shore was God.’
‘The man on the shore was another magician.’
‘I must know the real truth, the truth beyond magic.’
‘There is no truth beyond magic,’ said the king.
The prince was full of sadness.
He said, ‘I will kill myself.’
The king, by magic, caused death to appear. Death stood in the door and beckoned to the prince. The prince shuddered. He remembered the beautiful but unreal islands and the unreal but beautiful princesses.
‘Very well,’ he said. ‘I can bear it.’
‘You see, my son,’ said the king, ‘you too now begin to be a magician.’
Beliefs are why you can or can’t. Some people have a belief they can’t be great at something, that’s what I call a stupid belief. Our NLP Training can change that.
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