Hot take: Your actions reveal your beliefs.
You can’t say you despise lying, then lie to someone.
Your actions have just given evidence that you’re ok with lying.
You can’t say you’re a dedicated employee and then not show up.
You can’t say you’re a serious athlete yet never exercise.
These things are simply false.
“But wait, Gabe! Sometimes I mess up, sure, but that doesn’t mean I don’t believe what I say!”
Are you sure about that?
What you do is actually direct evidence of whatever it is you believe in.
To quote Carl Jung, “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.”
It really is that simple.
If you never lie you believe it’s never ok to lie.
If you sometimes lie you believe it’s ok to sometimes lie.
If you always lie you don’t believe in telling the truth.
This works vice versa as well. If you simply do something, anything, you show you believe it to be true.
Worried about what your beliefs are? Worry not. Look to how you treat people (yourself included). Look at how you behave when others are not looking. There lies your beliefs. Your actions are the answer.