Mindset is the Story You Tell Yourself

Once upon a time . . .

You know a story is coming next when you hear this introduction.

And you know the story will require you to suspend your disbelief in what is possible.

In the story of the Three Little Pigs you have to accept that pigs have money, build houses, and negotiate business deals with strangers on the road.

You also have to believe that wolves are polite enough to knock on your door before they eat you and that they huff and puff when you refuse to let them in.

But the lesson you were supposed to learn from this story isn’t what you thought. 

Building a house out of bricks isn’t good enough. 

You need to be able to adapt and improvise when the wolf uses the Santa Claus strategy and comes down the chimney.

This story illustrates the way our minds work. 

We respond to “the real world” through stories.

And the people who want to use us for profit or power use stories to keep us trapped in their version of reality: a reality that serves them.

If we are going to be free and be successful, we have to learn how to tell ourselves a different story.

We have to learn to tell ourselves a story that makes us to be the best version of ourselves.