Even empowering beliefs will, at some point, become dis-empowering beliefs. If you believe, for example, that you're a great writer, but something inside of you also thinks you'd make a great musician, suddenly your belief is in conflict. “I'm a writer, not a musician.”

All beliefs, left unchecked, will, at some point, render us impotent in various areas of our lives. Socrates advised, “Know thyself.” This means we learn—so we KNOW who we are and are unencumbered by ours (and others&rsquo beliefs about who we are.