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Hello, hello, hello, hello. Thank you for joining me. Now, the entire premise of this video rests on one presupposition that I invite you to consider.
Transform your life by changing limiting beliefs and mastering your mind with Mikey Posada's practical insights.
Key Takeaways
- You are not your thoughts; you are the awareness behind them.
- Lasting change comes from transforming your internal beliefs, not just external actions.
- External validation is unreliable; true success is measured by infinite qualities like love and joy.
- Everyone has the capacity to grow beyond their current limitations.
- Failures are opportunities for feedback and growth, not reasons to give up.
What the video covers
- Our perception of the world is shaped by our identity, which limits what we believe is possible.
- Motivation and willpower alone are insufficient for lasting change due to cognitive dissonance with our old self.
- Changing life circumstances requires transforming internal beliefs, not just external actions.
- The first limiting belief to break is that you are your thoughts; instead, you are the awareness behind them.
- Recognizing and controlling your mind is essential, as the mind can be both a friend and an enemy.
- External measures of success like possessions, status, and achievements are fragile and limiting.
- True worth should be based on infinite qualities like love, fulfillment, and joy, not external validation.
- The belief that successful people are born that way is false; all humans can rise beyond perceived limits.
- Attachment to external results leads to frustration; failures are feedback, not final judgments.
- Sustained transformation requires ongoing practice, self-awareness, and redefining success internally.
Chapters
- 00:00Introduction and Premise
- 01:24Limitations of Motivation and Willpower
- 02:19The Power of Internal Transformation
- 04:27Understanding and Controlling Your Mind
- 05:41The Inner Voice and Self-Judgment
- 07:06Awareness Beyond Negative Thoughts
- 08:22Breaking External Measures of Success
- 09:43Vulnerability of External Validation
- 11:41Challenging the Myth of Born Success
- 15:32Redefining Success and Overcoming Limits
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We don't see the world as it is. We see the world as we are. In other words, our identity creates the boundaries for what is possible for us and how we experience our life. So, if we want to change the
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We don't see the world as it is. We see the world as we are. In other words, our identity creates the boundaries for what is possible for us and how we experience our life. So, if we want to change the
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We cannot rely on these intermittent sprints of motivation and conscious willpower because if those actions, when those actions, rather, inevitably clash with our old sense of self, that will cause cognitive dissonance, which then leads to self-sabotage. So, our
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circumstances in our lives, regardless of what they may be, your relationships, your business, your financial situation, your health, whatever it is, if we want to change the circumstances in our lives, it is not enough to simply change our actions.
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down three old, limiting, and destructive beliefs that are very common amongst most of us and help give you the tools to dismantle them, break them down. And then I want to share with you five positive, empowering beliefs that
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We cannot rely on these intermittent sprints of motivation and conscious willpower because if those actions, when those actions, rather, inevitably clash with our old sense of self, that will cause cognitive dissonance, which then leads to self-sabotage. So, our
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life is if you listen to these words and you take the time and energy to wrestle with them, to write them down, and to then go into the world over the next few weeks, over the next months, and
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task is to radically transform our internal world. This video will hopefully help you do just that. At least it will be one tool in your arsenal to do that. So, in this video, what I'm going to do is break
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If you do that, I promise you this could have a meaningful transformation in your life.
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down three old, limiting, and destructive beliefs that are very common amongst most of us and help give you the tools to dismantle them, break them down. And then I want to share with you five positive, empowering beliefs that
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Okay, the number one belief that we need to break down is the belief that you are your thoughts, that you are your mind.
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will dramatically change the way you see yourself and the world. And it won't be enough for you to watch this video. That won't change your life. No video can change your life. No book can change your life. What can change your
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from the Bhagavad Gita that I want to read to you. For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends, but for one who has failed to do so, the mind will remain the greatest
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life is if you listen to these words and you take the time and energy to wrestle with them, to write them down, and to then go into the world over the next few weeks, over the next months, and
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shame yourself, you remember this, you remember that. Here's this storm inside your mind racing with thoughts, this voice that's constantly criticizing you, judging people, judging events.
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find evidence to confirm that these beliefs are true. Right? Reality test them in your life.
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thoughts. You are not your thoughts, you are the awareness behind your thoughts. So, what does that mean?
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If you do that, I promise you this could have a meaningful transformation in your life.
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recognizing your thoughts and then exerting conscious willpower to direct your attention elsewhere. You are a great being.
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My name is Mikey. This is In Perspective. Let's get into it. That's one small step [music] for man, one giant leap for mankind.
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thing that you need to remind yourself constantly. I am not my thoughts. I am not my mind. The second belief that we need to break down, and I'll admit this is one of the hardest ones to break down
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Okay, the number one belief that we need to break down is the belief that you are your thoughts, that you are your mind.
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The world will give you five ways to measure your success, your value, right? You likely already know what these are.
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This is not the case. Your thoughts are a part of you. Your mind is a part of you that you need to train and learn to control just as you learn to train and control your body. There's a quote
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have, what my face looks like, what possessions I have. It's very easy to quantify those things and therefore compare each other, right?
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from the Bhagavad Gita that I want to read to you. For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends, but for one who has failed to do so, the mind will remain the greatest
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you are externalizing your sense of agency, your sense of worth. You're making yourself very vulnerable and fragile to your sense of worth being stolen. Why?
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enemy. If you're anything like me, if you're anything like most people, oftentimes you will have these thoughts that are so disgusting, so shameful, you will harm yourself with your own words, with your own thoughts. Something happens in your life and you judge yourself, you
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making yourself fragile. You're making your internal world you're building it on like a foundation of sand.
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shame yourself, you remember this, you remember that. Here's this storm inside your mind racing with thoughts, this voice that's constantly criticizing you, judging people, judging events.
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friends, the people you see on social media, myself to some extent. Everybody, every day will tell you your worth is measured by these external things. You have to deliberately, consciously bring awareness to that.
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If you identify with that, if you believe that you are your thoughts and that monkey chatter in your mind is you, you've already lost the battle. That is an assumption you're making. In reality, we are the awareness behind the
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approach to the world. The third destructive belief that holds many of us back is this idea that successful people were born that way. Be that their genetic makeup, right? They're this tall or they're a man or they're a woman or
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thoughts. You are not your thoughts, you are the awareness behind your thoughts. So, what does that mean?
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have that privilege. I have a chronic illness that I deal with. I have this financial trauma from my family. I have XYZ. This belief is rooted in another pre-supposition that assumes that we are competing for limited resources.
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Well, the very fact that you can recognize that there is a voice inside your head that is constantly telling you these negative things, that is proof that you are not your thoughts. You are the awareness, you are capable of
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But if how you measure success is something much greater, like love, fulfillment, joy, service, those things are infinite. Love is infinite. There is no competing with people on how much love and joy you can feel feel within yourself.
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recognizing your thoughts and then exerting conscious willpower to direct your attention elsewhere. You are a great being.
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You can't compete with people on that. Right? So, that's the very first thing. The second thing is to just understand that all humans are capable of rising to a level beyond what we think is possible.
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[laughter] You are consciousness itself, not your thoughts. Your thoughts are often just this program loop of beliefs, perceptions, judgments, biases that have been installed in you by your culture, by your parents, by your family, whatever it may be. So, that is one
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The experience of transforming your inner world and then going out, interacting with people, interacting with the world, starting a business, changing your fitness, whatever it may be, and then seeing yourself grow and surpass new levels, that in itself is a beautiful
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thing that you need to remind yourself constantly. I am not my thoughts. I am not my mind. The second belief that we need to break down, and I'll admit this is one of the hardest ones to break down
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Yes, of course it's going to take hard work, hours and hours and hours of deliberate practice on specific skills. It's going to take delayed gratification. It's going to take all those things that you already know from self-help books and
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because so much of the world thinks this way, is that our value as a human being is determined by the results in our lives.
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You are not. What we all want deep down is love, is fulfillment, is joy, it's internal states.
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The world will give you five ways to measure your success, your value, right? You likely already know what these are.
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do is try to remember these. Write them down. Seek While you're watching this, think about them and seek evidence to confirm that these beliefs are true. And if you write them down, if you take note of them, over the next couple of weeks,
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Your possessions, your achievements, your looks, your money, and your status. And there's a reason why this is the case because those things are extremely easy to quantify. It's very easy to quantify how much money I have, how many followers I
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That is how beliefs form and take hold on your mind. I'm going to anchor each of these beliefs with a quote from a great book to give what I'm saying a bit more weight. Number one, you were created for glory.
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have, what my face looks like, what possessions I have. It's very easy to quantify those things and therefore compare each other, right?
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You may not be religious. That's fine. I'm not either, to be honest with you.
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It's very hard to measure and quantify things like love, things like joy, things like fulfillment. But what happens is that when you place your sense of worth, your sense of value on these external things, possessions, achievements, looks, money, status,
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Can you recognize the fact that nature is a gift, that consciousness, that the entire experience of reality, the thing that we call life, that that is an incredible thing that it makes no sense, but you are here made of the same
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you are externalizing your sense of agency, your sense of worth. You're making yourself very vulnerable and fragile to your sense of worth being stolen. Why?
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You have a gift inside you. That gift is the fact that you're here alive, your consciousness itself.
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Because first of all, those things are often not fully within your control. There will always be circumstances outside of your control. And therefore, when you make your value, your sense of worth as a human dependent on these external things, you are deliberately
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There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine. We are all meant to grow. We are all meant to expand.
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making yourself fragile. You're making your internal world you're building it on like a foundation of sand.
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The good, the bad, the challenging, the frustrating, the infuriating, no matter, it is all working for you if you let it.
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Admittedly, this is very hard. It is very hard to not make your sense of worth, to not measure your sense of worth on these external things because everybody is doing this. It's not your fault, right? Your parents, your
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If you think that the world is out to get you, you will also see that to be true.
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friends, the people you see on social media, myself to some extent. Everybody, every day will tell you your worth is measured by these external things. You have to deliberately, consciously bring awareness to that.
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All right, I'm sure you've seen those videos or that exercise of if I told you to look around your room right now and try to find something red, you would look around and count all the red things, but then you would not be
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And refuse to place your happiness, your feelings of worthiness, your feelings of love, you cannot let it be dictated by these external things because you will never have enough. And also, it will never be within your control. So, that's just a very silly
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Every circumstance in your life, the good, the bad, the challenging, the obstacles, the infuriating, the frustrating, every person you meet, everything is working to help you.
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approach to the world. The third destructive belief that holds many of us back is this idea that successful people were born that way. Be that their genetic makeup, right? They're this tall or they're a man or they're a woman or
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be. Number three, there are two forces in this world. Love and fear. This is one of the most powerful frameworks you can adopt.
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they're beautiful, they have blue eyes, they were born to the right parents that gave them the right resources and opportunities or mindsets growing up, whatever it may be. Successful people were born that way and that's why they have the things they have and I don't
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Self-doubt, excitement, whatever it may be. Can you boil all those down to two forces?
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have that privilege. I have a chronic illness that I deal with. I have this financial trauma from my family. I have XYZ. This belief is rooted in another presupposition that assumes that we are competing for limited resources.
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yourself getting angry at them. You want to yell at them. You want to can you recognize that that is fear?
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And this is true if your measure of success is the things we just discussed, possessions, achievements, looks, money, status. If that's how you measure success, then yes, we are competing for limited resources.
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Do you want to live a life in fear or do you want to live a life in love?
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But if how you measure success is something much greater, like love, fulfillment, joy, service, those things are infinite. Love is infinite. There is no competing with people on how much love and joy you can feel within yourself.
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It it's that simple. This takes tremendous awareness, consciousness. It takes a tremendous ability to hold your highest realization, right? To remember belief number one.
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There's no competing with people on the depth of love and the richness of your relationships.
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When you feel anxiety, what is anxiety? Anxiety is fear of the future. It's fear that something in the future is going to go wrong. What is the opposite of anxiety? It's faith.
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You can't compete with people on that. Right? So, that's the very first thing. The second thing is to just understand that all humans are capable of rising to a level beyond what we think is possible.
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Love and fear. What kind of life do you want to live? Belief number four, and this is one of the founding principles of stoicism, if you've ever studied stoicism.
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Right? Regardless of where you started, if you're not competing with people on possessions, achievements, looks, money, status, if you're not competing with people, then you are trying to grow for yourself.
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Epictetus once said, "Men are not disturbed by things, but by the views which they take of them." Everything in life is just an experience. It is part of this infinite process, this infinite chain of cause and effect that has been
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The experience of transforming your inner world and then going out, interacting with people, inter
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We, humans, place our judgments on them based on our biases, our beliefs, our perceptions, our experiences of life, and then we wrestle with them. We feel pain towards them because we're not letting the experience pass through us.
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The problem is not the problem. The problem is how you're thinking about the problem. If you feel stuck, if you feel frustrated, try as best as possible to first go to belief number one, how fast can you come back to center, to your
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realization that you are here alive, part of this beautiful thing that we call existence, that we call life, that we call God. How fast can you come back to that? And then from that neutral place, letting go of all your inner
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tension, how fast can you try to adopt a different angle, a different perspective from which to view the problem from, to think about it differently, a more empowering perspective. That takes discipline, that takes self-awareness, but that is the only way that you're
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going to overcome challenges in your life. Last, but not least, is that there is no such thing as failure, only feedback. Failure and success in our culture are We describe them as opposite things, right? There's winners and then there's losers, success and
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failure. But in reality, success and failure are highly interrelated. They go together. There is no such thing as failure, only feedback. If you adopt the belief that every time you try something, it is that, it is an attempt, it is
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a trial, it is you getting data, getting feedback on how to keep moving forward.
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It is not a failure, it is feedback. See, the problem with getting attached to external results, right? Possessions, achievements, looks, money, status. If you get attached to achievements and successes, these external things, there will never be enough opportunities. There will never be
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enough wins. You will never have enough championship games. You will never have enough gold medals. You will never sell enough businesses. You will never have enough videos go viral. There will never be enough external feedback to make you feel like
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a success. So, what you have to do is bring your internal your locus of control, sorry. You have to bring that inside.
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You have to say what feelings, experiences, and states do I want to embody? Do I want to carry with myself? And how do I take control of them right here, right now?
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These failures, these setbacks, they're not failures. They're not setbacks. You can eliminate that word from your vocabulary. They are feedback.
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They are data points that you can use to continue growing and expanding your sense of self, your sense of love.
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I hope this serves you. This is a bit more of a unscripted podcast as I've been doing recently, but you guys seem to have really been enjoying them. So, that's great. It makes me happy. Let's recap really quickly.
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Three beliefs that you need to let go of. The belief that you are your thoughts, that you are your mind. You are not your thoughts. You are not your mind. Your mind is something you can learn to control and direct just like you learn
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to control and direct your body. Number two. My value is based on the results of your life.
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Horrible way to view the world. You will never have enough control and you're deliberately making yourself fragile because those things are outside of your control and also they are always susceptible to comparison. Instead, what you need to do is bring your sense of
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worth inside to things that are infinite, things like love, things like joy, things like peace.
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How can you cultivate those things? How can you make your value infinite, which it is. The third belief that we need to get rid of is that is the belief that successful people are born that way.
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They're not. Yes, we all have different starting circumstances, but you're not competing with anyone. You're only competing with people if you think resources are limited, which they are if you measure them by external things.
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The resources that are not limited are the internal resources. Love, joy, peace fulfillment service.
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There's no competing with anyone there. There's just competing competing, quote unquote, with yourself to grow and expand. And finally, the five positive beliefs you were created for glory. You have infinite inherent worth. Every circumstance and every person you
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encounter is here to teach you and help you. It's all working for your good. The problem is not the problem, the problem is the way you're thinking about it.
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There's no such thing as failure, only feedback. And finally, love and fear. Those are the two forces in the world.
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I hope this helps you. My name is Mikey. This is Some Perspective. [music] Take care of yourself. Peace.
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Topics:self improvementmindfulnessidentitylimiting beliefsmotivationcognitive dissonanceself awarenesspersonal growthsuccess mindsetMikey Posada
