What are beliefs – and how do they influence our lives? Perhaps you’re familiar with thoughts like these: “I can’t do that anyway.”“I’m not good enough for that.”“Others can do it, but I can’t.” Sometimes these sentences appear only for a brief moment. Sometimes they have accompanied us for many years. We then hardly consciously perceive them because they feel familiar and self-evident. Such deeply rooted convictions are called beliefs. They influence how we think about ourselves, how we judge
