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How Winners Think Differently to Create a Competitive Edge and Maximize Successby Dr. Stan Beecham |
“There’s no such thing as 110 percent effort. Even 100 percent is extremely rare. But 90 percent? That will guarantee tremendous success.”DR. STAN BEECHAM |
BIG IDEA
A Case of Mistaken Identity
FROM THE BOOK“Consider this: What if you suffer from a case of mistaken identity?
Who you think you are is not actually who you are. What you think you are here to do is not actually what you are here to do. What you think you are capable of is actually only a hint of your true ability.
Consider for a moment that you are totally wrong about yourself—and wrong about this infinite universe in which you live. What if that’s true? What if most of us live our entire lives and never know who we actually are, why we are here, and what we are supposed to do while visiting this planet? What if we have amnesia and we forgot who we really are right before we left our mother’s body and entered the world? I think this is exactly our state. Who we think we are is not who we are. We are much, much more than our perceived selves. The Buddhists have a saying: ‘Don’t mistake the finger pointing to the moon for the moon itself.’ We think our ego—our persona—is who we really are. But this is only to the same extent that your clothes, your hairstyle, and your personality are who you are. In order to reach your full potential—your greatness—you must first admit that you are wrong about yourself.” |
Brian's Notes
Those are the final words from Chapter #1 called “Mind Over Matter” in which we explore the power of our unconscious minds and beliefs.
This line sums it up pretty well: “Who we think we are is not who we are. We are much, much more than our perceived selves.”
And, know this: “In the battle of mind versus body, mind always wins!”
Therefore, we’d be wise to step back and realize that we’re a LOT more than just the little version of ourselves that’s pointing at the moon.
Campbell’s wisdom comes to mind: “What am I? Am I the bulb that carries the light, or am I the light of which the bulb is a vehicle?”
So does Walter Russell’s wisdom: “Early in life I found that to achieve greatness one had to go only one inch beyond mediocrity, but that one inch is so hard to go that only those who become aware of God in them can make the grade, for no one can achieve that one inch alone.”
Then there’s Eric Butterworth: “You may say, ‘But I am only human.’ This is the understatement of your life. You are not only human—you are also divine in potential. The fulfillment of all your goals and aspirations in life depends upon stirring up and releasing more of that divine potential. And there is really nothing difficult about letting this inner light shine. All we must do is correct the tendency to turn off our light when we face darkness.”
All of which brings us back to you. Do you suffer from a case of mistaken identity? :)
How would you live if you REALLY got the infinite power within yourself?
Is NOW a good time to start being that version of you?
P.S. Recall the etymology of the word identity that we discussed in our Notes on Atomic Habits. It means “repeated beingness.” So… Go be that best version of you. Repeatedly!)
This line sums it up pretty well: “Who we think we are is not who we are. We are much, much more than our perceived selves.”
And, know this: “In the battle of mind versus body, mind always wins!”
Therefore, we’d be wise to step back and realize that we’re a LOT more than just the little version of ourselves that’s pointing at the moon.
Campbell’s wisdom comes to mind: “What am I? Am I the bulb that carries the light, or am I the light of which the bulb is a vehicle?”
So does Walter Russell’s wisdom: “Early in life I found that to achieve greatness one had to go only one inch beyond mediocrity, but that one inch is so hard to go that only those who become aware of God in them can make the grade, for no one can achieve that one inch alone.”
Then there’s Eric Butterworth: “You may say, ‘But I am only human.’ This is the understatement of your life. You are not only human—you are also divine in potential. The fulfillment of all your goals and aspirations in life depends upon stirring up and releasing more of that divine potential. And there is really nothing difficult about letting this inner light shine. All we must do is correct the tendency to turn off our light when we face darkness.”
All of which brings us back to you. Do you suffer from a case of mistaken identity? :)
How would you live if you REALLY got the infinite power within yourself?
Is NOW a good time to start being that version of you?
P.S. Recall the etymology of the word identity that we discussed in our Notes on Atomic Habits. It means “repeated beingness.” So… Go be that best version of you. Repeatedly!)
Big Ideas
01: MISTAKEN IDENTITY
02: CURSE OF PERFECTION
03: COMPETE
04: THE ULTIMATE CONTEST
05: FEAR
“If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.”ABRAHAM MASLOW |
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