Liminal Thinking

A belief that is deeply tied to identity and feelings of self-worth is called a governing belief.

If you can be open about how change affects you personally, you have a better chance of achieving your aims. To change the world, you must be willing to change yourself.

What I learned from Kurt is that beliefs are often the main things standing in the way of change, not only for individuals, but also for teams, families, organizations, nations, and even the world as a whole.

Numerous studies have found that when people feel a lack of control, they have an increased propensity to form conspiracy theories as a way to explain their helplessness.

Boundaries give life structure, which makes us comfortable. But they can also be shifted, rethought, reframed, and reorganized.

The space between the baseline of reality and “the obvious” is liminal space. These needs, feelings, and thoughts happen inside you. If you don’t talk about them, they are invisible to others.

Most boundaries are convenient fictions.

People rarely test ideas for external validity when they don’t have internal coherence.

You can test beliefs even if you don’t believe they are true. All you need to do is act as if they were true and see what happens. If you find something that works, do more of it.