{"id":3050,"date":"2008-05-05T13:15:33","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T20:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=3050"},"modified":"2010-08-08T16:02:10","modified_gmt":"2010-08-08T23:02:10","slug":"do-you-have-faith-belief-or-do-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3050\/do-you-have-faith-belief-or-do-you-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Have Faith? — Belief? — Or Do You KNOW?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Take it from someone who for years did what he thought<\/em> would produce, but in reality experienced haphazard results. There’s a huge difference in the quality of results (read: success\/failure) when the actions taken to produce said results were proceeded by an easily defined thought<\/strong> — followed by a slamdunk belief in said thought — which generates behaviors, followed closely by expectations of successful results. It really comes down to this: We know what we know, and we tend to act on what we know. Not what we hope. Not what we theorize. What we know. If you say you believe something to be true, and you can honestly substitute the word ‘know’ for believe<\/em>, you’ll succeed. <\/p>\n

Make sense?<\/p>\n

I understand for most readers, it’s certainly not a new concept. Most of us have heard various versions of this since somewhere in our childhood. Years ago, I experienced a spontaneous breakthrough of clarity. I was talking one day with someone who knew me too well. She compared the difference between my behavior when I strongly believed something to when she felt I knew<\/strong> something to be true. I demurred with much volume and histrionics until she smiled and gave me a few recent and inarguably concrete examples. I hung my head in shame.<\/p>\n

She then asked me one of the most important questions I’ve ever had to answer. What methods of acquiring new business was I using knowing it would produce results<\/strong>? <\/p>\n

Substitute the word ‘know’ for ‘believe’ and tell me what you think about your goals for this year, if you have them. Do you believe the methods you’re employing to attain them will work, or do you know? And for the record? This isn’t some Kumbaya, rah-rah, ‘ya gotta believe’ crappola for the soft headed out there who need to feel good for an hour or so. <\/p>\n

The Point?<\/em><\/p>\n

What we think of most of the time is what we become.<\/strong> (Paraphrased — hat tip to King Solomon)<\/p>\n

If we’re consistently wondering if what we’re doing will produce the results we’re pursuing, we’re on the doubt train headed to who knows where. It’s Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Take it from someone who for years did what he thought would produce, but in reality experienced haphazard results. There’s a huge difference in the quality of results (read: success\/failure) when the actions taken to produce said results were proceeded by an easily defined thought — followed by a slamdunk belief in said thought — […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-general","7":"category-real-estate","8":"category-realty-reality","10":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14596,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/14596\/senator-rand-paul-the-claim-of-a-right-to-health-care-implies-a-belief-in-slavery\/","url_meta":{"origin":3050,"position":0},"title":"Senator Rand Paul: The claim of a “right” to health care implies a belief in slavery.","author":"Greg Swann","date":"May 13, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Say what you will about the Tea Party, it's a small victory just to have words like these enunciated on the floor of Congress: This is Ayn Rand from Atlas Shrugged making the same argument:\u201cI quit when medicine was placed under State control some years ago,\u201d said Dr. Hendricks. \u201cDo\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Egoism in Action"","block_context":{"text":"Egoism in Action","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/category\/egoism-in-action\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13188,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/13188\/the-goal-of-achieving-goals\/","url_meta":{"origin":3050,"position":1},"title":"The Goal of Achieving…Goals","author":"Jeff Brown","date":"September 7, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"\"But a deed cannot be both wise and unintended.\" Greg Swann Substitute goal for deed, and it's still a profoundly affecting thought. 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