Unlearning 101: How to Unlearn Limiting Beliefs

Do you know what’s just as important as learning?

‘What?’

Unlearning.

‘Unlearning?? Yea, right! You’re just trying to be edgy.’

Trust me, it’s true.

In this era, those who learn, unlearn & relearn will continue to win.

For a few reasons…

One reason is that there is a lot of garbage information out there.

Another reason is that each new stage we level up will require a new us.

How much would you laugh at someone who has an iPhone 2 in 2022?

‘I’d laugh them out of the building.’

Why?

‘Because they are using old school stuff in a new school world.’

Likewise, you should feel the same if you have old-school beliefs in a new school world.

Learn, unlearn & relearn.

That’s the mantra.

Picturing Unlearning

Unlearning seems like a negative.

The mind finds it difficult to picture a negative.

Like:

‘Imagine nothing.’

The mind is like:

‘Uh…’

However, don’t view unlearning simply as a negative.

View it as untying a knot.

This allows you to envision something.

The old school knots on the rope were the old beliefs.

You untying the knot allows you to tie in new knots (new beliefs).

Or view unlearning as turning the hard cement into wet cement.

So you can mold that wet cement into new towers, buildings & castles of understanding.

Spotting What to Unlearn

Self-awareness and unlearning go hand in hand.

Especially in the age where information is abundant.

Any nutjob can tell you something and present ‘facts’ for it.

A person without any self-awareness will believe these ‘facts.’

Awareness is king.

It will always be king.

Rather than unlearning simply because someone said:

‘You need to unlearn it.’

Unlearn stuff because it is holding you back in life.

A lot of times, unlearning will happen organically (more on that shortly).

Other times, it will require taming the pride, taking ego hits, adding in new information & recalibration.

If you have no clue what to unlearn, look at your generalizations.

• All women are ____.
• All republicans are ____.
• Every capitalist is a ____.

Behind generalizations often lies an opportunity to unlearn.

2 Ways to Unlearn

You’ll often find yourself unlearning in both of the following ways:

• Pain-free way.
• Pain full way.

Easy Way to Unlearn

Be a lifelong learner.

Learn something new every day.

Every day you learn, every time you change your brain.

Once you make a habit of learning something new every day, you will naturally find yourself changing your mind on certain issues.

Before, I never got the need for art.

I thought art was a waste of time.

One time, I went to an art museum and saw a chair with a leg missing on the display.

Apparently, that was ‘art.’

After seeing that trash being heralded as art, I viewed artists as gullible and easy to fool.

Throughout my lifelong learning journey, I made eye contact with my errors.

I came across the works of Salvador Dali, Leonardo DaVinci, Michelangelo & much more.

Naturally, I came to understand the different types of art out there.

And organically, I unlearned the old belief that all art was useless.

Through daily learning, you will find yourself evolving your mind over time.

Guaranteed.

Hard Way to Unlearn

There are certain beliefs you may logically know are wrong.

However, your body is not complying.

Let’s say your past 3 breakups were awful.

Nowadays, your body is like:

‘All women suck.’

The body believes it so much that the mind is starting to believe it too.

At first, you need awareness to spot the belief, otherwise, you’ll subconsciously repeat the loop.

You need to logically understand that women bring value.

Otherwise, the body will win.

Once you logically spot the case for women bringing value, it’s a game of unlearning.

To unlearn:

• Find the replacement belief (women do bring value. Be detailed).
• Repeat.

Exposing yourself to new information which highlights women bringing value makes the unlearning process much easier.

You may be someone who hates capitalism.

No clue why either.

It’s possibly because your friends hate capitalism & you defaulted to absorbing that belief.

Recently, you learned that your great-grandpa was a capitalist who built tons of great hotels & innovations in his time.

This got you curious.

Once again…

Inform yourself with information that allows you to logically see the value of capitalism.

Repetition, repetition, repetition.

Overtime, SUDDENLY… you will notice a paradigm flip.

Who knows, you may start a business in the future.

Learn, Unlearn & Relearn

Just learning for the sake of learning is one thing.

What’s better is having no option but to learn.

Set your life up to evolve into a polymath.

‘How do I do that?’

By building something forever…

Build a complex system.

What separates a simple system from a complex system is:

• The number of parts & interconnections involved.

A simple system is a lightbulb turning on.

All you need is a conductor, bulb, battery, and switch.

Once you set it up, you don’t need to do much else with it.

An example of a complex system is your body.

You need nutrition, a workout plan, supplements, consistency, knowledge, and much more to keep your body function top tier.

The day you stop working on a complex system is the day it starts deteriorating.

Working on any complex system forces you into learning mode.

This allows you to keep learning, unlearning & relearning forever.

Over time, you will become a learning machine.

One of those machines that are difficult to stop.

More specifically, a machine that routinely updates its software.

Unfortunately, when you look around…

You’ll see people in 2022 holding beliefs from 1922.

Beliefs are powerful.

Beliefs mold your reality.

Hopefully, you are taking an active role over your future, rather than a passive one.

To further update your software, be sure to grab a copy of:

• Level Up Mentality: A Guide to Re-Engineer Your Mindset for Confidence.

This book will give practical strategies & tips to unlearn crap & learn gold.

Purify your mind & level the fuck up.

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– ArmaniTalks