I once met a guy who told me he didn’t believe in laziness.

“What do you mean, you don’t believe in it?” I asked. “Don’t you ever feel lazy?”

“Not really,” he replied. If he didn’t believe in something, he explained, it simply didn’t exist. So, he just didn’t believe in anything that slowed from his goals.

After this shift in mindset, he soon reached an unprecedented level of productivity. By listening to his stories it became obvious he possessed a fountain of energy that led him to achieve a great deal. I was convinced that what he was saying was true: he had eliminated laziness from his life. All from one change in belief.

Derek Sivers once wrote: “Beliefs make emotions. Emotions make actions. So choose whatever belief makes you take the action you want.” I think my friend would approve of this message.