{"product_id":"notebook-02-beliefs","title":"NOTEBOOK 02 — BELIEFS","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNOTEBOOK 02 · BELIEFS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen an idea starts defending itself\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHaving beliefs is not a character flaw. It is a fairly predictable consequence of having a human mind, a personal history and limited access to the complete picture of reality — which, admittedly, includes all of us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe problem begins when an idea stops functioning as a hypothesis and starts acting as security, identity or a boundary. At that point, questioning it no longer feels like an attempt to understand something better. It feels like a personal threat, a provocation or, depending on the level of enthusiasm involved, a declaration of war over Sunday lunch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this second volume of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNotebooks — Question. Investigate. Connect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Vanessa Susin de Souza examines how beliefs are formed, why some resist contradictory evidence, how groups help sustain them and what happens when defending a conclusion becomes more important than investigating what produced it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe investigation moves through memory, repetition, identity, belonging, certainty and doubt — without offering an infallible method for eliminating limiting beliefs before breakfast. The human mind does not have a button for restoring factory settings. And even if it did, it would be wise to be suspicious of anyone offering to press it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is not about abandoning every conviction, living in permanent doubt or treating every idea as equally valid. The proposal is less dramatic and more useful: to notice when a belief is helping us interpret reality and when it is merely recruiting arguments to remain firmly in place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this Notebook, you will find:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eseven chapters on the formation, defence and transformation of beliefs;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eexamples drawn from everyday situations;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003equestions for examining your own conclusions;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea curated selection of readings with commentary;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereferences for continuing the investigation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuestioning does not necessarily destroy a belief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt merely takes away its privilege of never having been examined.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Vanessa Susin de Souza\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSeries:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Notebooks — Question. Investigate. Connect.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 02 · Beliefs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e PDF e-book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLength:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 125 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e British English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UN4RT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55508218806601,"sku":null,"price":6.66,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/9551\/3673\/files\/Notebook_02_Beliefs_Tablet.png?v=1791045497","url":"https:\/\/un4rt.com\/products\/notebook-02-beliefs","provider":"UN4RT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}