How we change what others think, feel, believe and do

Beliefs

What do you believe? The answer is likely to be 'more than you realize'. We understand and manage the world around us through our beliefs, which may not be perfect, but which are largely useful.

Changing minds very often means changing beliefs, which means the persuader should gain a good understanding of what these are, how they are formed and how they get changed.

Articles on belief include:

What Is Belief?: Gives a simple definition.
Beliefs About People: Very much affect how we interact with them.
Care-Behavior Matrix: How different beliefs lead to different interpersonal behaviors.
The Confidence Trap: Too much belief can be bad for you.
Doublethink: Orwell's holding of contradictory beliefs.
Ellis' Irrational Beliefs: Dysfunctional beliefs that many of us hold.
Health Belief Model: A useful model from healthcare work.
Limiting Beliefs: Beliefs which constrain us.
Kahler's Drivers: I must be perfect, strong, etc.
The Formation of Belief: Describes how we find our beliefs.
Strengths of Beliefs: Discusses strong, weak and blind beliefs.
Superstition: Beliefs that drive rituals.
Types of Belief: Classifies the sorts of things we believe in.

So what?

If you can change a person's belief, you have a very powerful persuasion tool. They are, however quite deep things and will often resist changing. So understand them, how they are formed and how they change.

Beliefs

So what?

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