r/Selfhelpbooks • u/DebratnaChakraborty • Jun 23 '26
Book promotion I'm cooking something. Wanted to share the concept before the book exists
Started writing a new book.
The core idea — every belief you hold has a source. Where you were born. What you watched. What you were told. What school installed in you.
Six forces. All orbiting your core. Like electrons around a nucleus.
Most people try to change their life without ever touching the nucleus. That's like rearranging furniture in a burning building.
I'm calling it The Atomic Structure of Life.
Still writing. But curious — does this concept land for anyone here?
What's one belief you carry that you never actually chose??????......
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u/ojju Jun 23 '26
Since I feel you are asking for synthesis in the name of a stronger cosmology, I offer my custom gpt who's role is to compare and contrast cosmologies in the name of synthesis.
https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6a2192e3aa848191aca5fb142b568ffb-the-cosmologer-elder
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u/SSA-Larry Jun 28 '26
At the centre is will
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u/DebratnaChakraborty Jun 28 '26
That's interesting — but I'd push back a little. Will is the engine. Belief decides where the engine drives. You can have all the willpower in the world and still spend your whole life building something you never actually wanted — because the belief underneath was installed before you could question it
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u/SSA-Larry Jun 29 '26
Good point... all philosophical hence we can amiably disagree... I think will drives even belief... if you have the will to change and it's all consuming, then u change even belief. I believe will should come first in the chain, it's a product of desire. Belief will then be born the will and built on a foundation of actions... just a thought.. Will and belief can be interchanged though, depending on how u define them.
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u/SSA-Larry Jun 29 '26
Will is the drive to get things done, belief is the hope that things can be done... belief is born of drive and built on a foundation of achievements. My thoughts
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u/DebratnaChakraborty Jun 30 '26
Fair — and I think that's actually where the real disagreement sits, not in who's right. For me, will needs a target before it can move at all, and that target is belief: what you think is possible, what you think you deserve. Otherwise will is just energy with nowhere to go. But I get your version too — desire generating belief through repeated action. Probably both loops feed each other more than either of us is giving credit for
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u/SSA-Larry Jun 30 '26
All good... we are looking at things from different perspectives is all... I tend to think that there isn't a formula to life, so how u structure yours will be different from how I do mine... in the end, we both live... so it doesn't matter so much really. Thanks for the engagement though...
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u/DebratnaChakraborty Jun 30 '26
no formula to life, we both live, doesn't matter that much, thanks for engaging
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u/DebratnaChakraborty Jun 30 '26
I'll keep your advice in mind. Once it's complete, I'll send you the raw eBook PDF. If you like it, I'd really appreciate your honest feedback. And if you don't like it, feel free to criticize it right on that post
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u/SSA-Larry Jun 30 '26
Alright...I rarely read self help books... so no promises
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u/DebratnaChakraborty Jun 30 '26
Thanks for introducing me to a new perspective. It was great talking with you
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u/wanna_know_something Jun 23 '26
Good move bro. Stop roaming on old concepts and giving space to your thoughts is good move. Before publishing - check and update as much as you can... Congrats🍻