Episode 703 · Jan 3, 2023

You'll See It When You Believe It: How to Create Your Life with Belief, Rituals, and Goals

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George Wright III opens this solo episode of The Daily Mastermind with a challenge that cuts through the noise of new year resolutions and goal-setting routines: real change starts in your mind before it shows up in your life. Drawing on Dr. Wayne Dyer's famous quote, George walks you through the three foundations he believes are essential to taking control of your story.

This is not a passive episode. George speaks directly to anyone who feels stuck, over-tired, or unsure whether they can actually sustain the effort it takes to live differently. The message is simple: you create your life, and it is time to act like it.

Why Belief Has to Come Before Evidence

The paradox at the center of this episode is that you have to believe before you can see. George quotes Dr. Wayne Dyer directly:

"You see it when you believe it."

Most people wait for results before they commit to believing. George flips that sequence. He argues that belief is a decision, not a feeling you arrive at after the work is done. Faith, in his framing, means choosing to act on something you cannot yet see but know will happen.

This kind of belief is uncomfortable because it requires operating outside your comfort zone. George is direct about that tension:

"You have to believe in the best version of yourself... while operating 100% outside your comfort zone. Outside in the areas that deep down inside you're just not sure."

That uncertainty is not a sign you are on the wrong path. It is often a sign you are on the right one.

How Daily Rituals Build Belief Over Time

Belief without action stays theoretical. George's second pillar is daily rituals, but he pushes past the usual advice about working out, journaling, or reading. He wants you to do two specific things with your rituals.

First, choose rituals that make you uncomfortable. The habits you default to are usually the ones that feel safe. Growth lives in the ones that do not.

Second, choose rituals that connect directly to the specific skills and results you want this year. Reading a book on a topic you already know well will not move the needle the same way as practicing something you are weak at. The point is to build discipline and confidence in the exact areas where you need results.

When you stack consistent daily wins, your belief rises. And when your belief rises, so do your goals.

Why You Need a Win More Than a Stretch Goal

George makes an observation here that is worth sitting with: many people do not need a bigger goal. They need a win. Lofty targets set before the foundation is in place often collapse under the weight of low confidence and inconsistent habits.

His prescription is to set specific, measurable, attainable goals, especially early. Not easy goals, but goals that are genuinely achievable with the right effort. As you stack those wins, your confidence grows, your rituals deepen, and your belief expands. Then you start reaching for the bigger targets from a position of earned confidence rather than wishful thinking.

"These little wins are going to stack up and start to increase your confidence, and then you're going to start setting bigger goals."

This is a sequencing insight, not a limiting one. Start where you are. Build from there.

The Role of Faith When You Cannot See the Results Yet

George ties belief and faith together throughout this episode. Faith is not certainty; it is the willingness to move forward before certainty arrives. Most of the people who ultimately create the life they want are not people who were certain from the start. They are people who chose to believe anyway, built the habits to support that belief, and set goals they could actually hit.

The decision to believe is the first and most important step. Everything else follows from it.

Action Steps

Make a clear decision to believe you can create your life, independent of your current circumstances or past results.
Identify two or three daily rituals that are directly tied to the skills or goals you need to develop this year, and at least one of them should be uncomfortable.
Set three to five specific, measurable, attainable goals for the next 30 days that you can realistically win.
Stack your wins consistently: completing your daily rituals each morning builds confidence that carries into every other area.
Revisit your belief daily. Remind yourself that the results will follow the decision, not the other way around.

Start Before You Feel Ready

You do not have to feel certain to move forward. You do not have to have all the experience, all the proof, or all the confidence. What you need is a decision. As George puts it, echoing Les Brown: you have greatness inside of you, and you just need the courage to let it out.

It is never too late to start living the life you were meant to live.

READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT

Welcome back to The Daily Mastermind. My name is George Wright III. I am your host. Thanks for joining today. I hope you are off to a great start to your day, and I really appreciate you being part of our Mastermind group. Every morning, we're going to be going through things that will bring inspiration, motivation, and education to your life. Our goal here at The Mastermind is to help you to create the best version of your life, to create the best version of yourself, and to give you the tools and resources that you need. I've spent, you know, 20, 25 years of my life working with some of the greatest thought leaders, success experts, you know, everybody from celebrities to authors. And I'll tell you what, I've learned a lot. I've learned a lot of great lessons, and I want to share those with you. I want to share principles of success with you. That's one of the reasons why I put together the Prosperity Pillars poster. I love the Prosperity Pillars because they're always a foundational framework that I can go back to. And this week, we're kind of focused on and highlighting the first prosperity principle, which is I create my life. And it's very fitting because it's the beginning of the year. I know a lot of you have either put your plans in place or you're trying to structure some ways for life to be different this year. You want it to be better. You want to get rid of some of the bad patterns and traits that you maybe have experienced or see things progress and get better in business and life and relationships and communication. And the fact of the matter is what you focus on grows. And if you want that to be the case, it will be the case. So let me give you the Daily Mastermind quote of the day. And if you haven't downloaded the mobile app yet, I suggest that you do that because you're going to get all kinds of resources from ebooks, audiobooks, meditations, affirmations, the quote of the day. It's all free resources. I do that so that you have that on the go. And all of our podcast episodes are linked in there as well, in addition to different courses and ebooks and things that you can learn and grow on your own So the quote of the day today is by Dr Wayne Dyer And the quote is You see it when you believe it You see it when you believe it And that is a great quote for the thought I wanted to share with you today. I just want to take a couple quick minutes today to keep you on track with this idea that you create your life. You are the person that is going to create your life. No one else is going to do it for you. No one else is coming to your rescue. you. You can't wait around for circumstances and situations to line up. You need to go out and take control and create your life. And in order to do that, I believe you need three different things. Number one, and this is the one that I think you may not normally stop and think about, and that is that you have to believe that you can do it. You have to believe that you can create your life. And the fact of the matter is you can create your life. But what you have to understand is that the belief is not going to come up front. It's like the quote says, you'll see it when you believe it. But what I really want to emphasize here is that with a certain degree of faith, meaning something that you can't see yet, but you know will happen, with that faith, you're going to create actions in a game plan and things that's going to take you to the next level in your life. And as you begin to experience the wins, your belief level will rise. But sometimes we have to make a decision to believe. And I believe this is more along the lines of faith that something's going to happen. But you have to make that decision in advance. And that's the real dichotomy. It's the real irony of success is that you have to believe that something is going to happen. You have to believe in the best version of yourself. You have to believe in the results that are going to happen. You have to believe in opportunity. You have to believe in your own abilities while operating 100% outside your comfort zone. Outside in the areas that deep down inside you're just not sure. You're just not sure if you can do it or whether you can make it or whether you can sustain it or take it much longer or whether you too tired or you too distracted But the bottom line is regardless of whether or not you have the experience yet to believe it you make the decision that you believe you're going to change your life and that you can create your life. And that no matter what happens, you will be the one who's steering the ship of your life. And one of the ways that I believe that you can create belief is through your actions. But one of the ways you choose to believe and choose to create that belief is through your daily rituals. So in addition to belief, I 100% think you've got to double down on your rituals. Now, we talked about this yesterday with the idea of discipline and habit. But what I want to emphasize today is that I want to make sure you're creating the right rituals. See, a lot of times we fall into this trap of the first of the year, I'm going to start working out and I'm going to read and I'm going to journal and whatever it is that you normally put. And all of us are different, but all of us have kind of a pattern, a comfort level, a go-to with daily rituals. I want to challenge you to do a couple of things. I want to challenge you to create rituals that you're not comfortable with. And I want to challenge you to create rituals that are going to be directly related to the skills, the tasks, the responsibilities that you need in your life. So for example, if it's reading to master a new skill that you're not normally good at. In other words, some of us just love to go to the gym and we've created that habit. Some of us love to read or journal, but those things may not directly impact the areas that we want to create results in in our life this year. So there are a lot of daily rituals, but what I encourage you to do is find a couple that you're just not as comfortable with and ones that directly relate to your goals. Because when you do this, you're going to start to develop discipline and habits in areas that are going to increase your confidence. And that's going to increase your belief. And it's going to increase your results. Because it's truly in the areas of outside your comfort zone that you going to find your greatest success So in addition to belief and in addition to daily rituals I want to challenge you to set some specific goals Very specific measurable attainable goals Because what many of you need, and I've noticed this over the last little while, what many of you need is not a stretch goal. You need a win. How often do you feel like, man, I just need a win? I just need a win. and if you start to stack up these wins what you're going to find is that stacking up these little wins these attainable achievable goals in areas that you need to grow these little wins are going to stack up and start to increase your confidence and then you're going to start setting bigger goals and you're going to start setting loftier goals and what I believe a lot of times happens for a lot of people is they don't have the belief and they don't have the discipline and rituals and yet they set these lofty goals and what they really need is a win you know I mean Let's be honest. Would it be a win for you if you were to knock out three of your daily rituals every day? Yeah, it would. And if you knock those daily rituals out consistently and consistently won the morning, do you think you'd consistently start to achieve results? Of course you would. So what I encourage you to do is set some specific, measurable, attainable goals. And back that up with daily rituals and choose to believe. And if you do those three things, I promise you, you're going to start to see some major results. Because you do create your life. It's like Les Brown always says, and I always, always enjoyed spending time with Les Brown. I tell you, he says, you have greatness inside of you. You just need to find the courage to let it out. And I think that's what's going to happen for you this year. I believe in you. I have confidence in you. I appreciate you being part of our mastermind. And I look forward to talking with you more tomorrow. For now, do me a favor. Share the show. Share the episode with someone. Put it online. Tag me in your comment or tag me in your post. I'd love to comment. See what you're up to. And I look forward to talking with you tomorrow. My name is George Wright III, and this has been The Daily Mastermind. Have a great day.