The brilliant entrepreneur Marie Forleo has recently released her book, Everything Is Figureoutable and I've been totally engrossed in it on the plane to Tenerife today.

The idea is simple: every problem is solvable. But Marie declares that taking on this one empowering belief can override all of your other unwanted beliefs.

HOWEVER – I would like to take Marie’s mantra one step further.

I now know that there is something even more powerful than beliefs: identity. Ever since I’ve overcome my fear of flying, I’ve been absolutely fascinated by the concept of identity. Your identity is a set of beliefs that define who you are. You have the power to change that identity by changing those beliefs.

I’ve also discovered that our results in life are tightly bound to our identity. Our identity (a set of beliefs) creates our thoughts, which creates our feelings, which creates our actions, which creates our results.

Beliefs > thoughts > feelings > actions > results

That means, not only should you take on the belief ‘Everything is Figureoutable’ – you should adopt the identity of “I can figure out anything.” Everything is no longer just figureoutable, YOU are the kind of person who can figure anything out. It’s not just a belief you hold, it’s who you are.

Everything is figureoutable is no longer just a belief, but an identity.

I can figure out anything!