ART OF ACCOMPLISHMENT

Bite-Sized Teaching Series: How To Break Free From Beliefs That Keep You Small

January 23, 2026
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Summary

The beliefs you can't question keep you stuck → Experiments to find freedom: https://www.artofaccomplishment.com/experiments Most people never realize their deepest beliefs are holding them hostage. Joe Hudson shares a radical truth from 30 years of coaching the world's highest performers: The moment you stop defending who you think you are, you become truly free.

Highlights:

• The meeting room test: How fear instantly creates either/or thinking

• Stanford's "smart kid" study that changed everything we know about praise

• Why millionaires who believe "I'm successful" often plateau

• The ocean vs. rock metaphor that transforms how you handle criticism

• What actually happens when you realize you're both an asshole AND deeply loving

• The terrifying moment when meaning dissolves—and why it's actually liberation "A sword attacks the ocean, and the ocean doesn't care."

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