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Introduction

In this world, you‘re either GROWING or you‘re DYING… There's no middle ground. If you're standing still with zero progress, you're decaying. The same goes for success. It requires you to engage in the process of your personal growth at all times. And of all the things in life, what you believe about yourself can impact your success or failure.

People who believe that their abilities can be improved through their hard work and dedication typically move ahead and take action without coming up with excuses. These same people also demonstrate an open mind, are willing to learn and have been seen as most successful in different aspects of their life. So how do they do it?

This book will tell you how. You will see that the mind is the ultimate force to get you where you want to go but you need to harness its power correctly. How can you do that? Let‘s find out together.

Chapter 1

What is Mindset?

The mind is a very powerful tool and it ultimately determines who you are as a person. Also known as mindset, this thinking pattern or your frame of mind impacts how you make sense of the world as well as of yourself.

So in other words, a mindset is a set of beliefs and thoughts which influence the way you handle any given situation. It pretty much dictates your personality helping you sort out what‘s going on around you and what you should do about it.

How Mindsets Are Formed

Since time immemorial, people have thought, acted and fared differently from one another. For the most part, common sense dictates that these differences arise from the variances in one‘s background, learning experiences and training. Plus, research also points in the same direction.

So while experiences, backgrounds and training are all external variables, even internal variables like genetic makeup have a part to play.

Most experts today agree that forming a mindset is a combination of the two. For instance, while everyone comes with a unique set of genetics, their experiences, training and personal efforts take them the rest of the way.

So your life experiences and genetics together help frame your attitude and beliefs. And since both have an important part to play in your mindset, it helps to know what these two factors are all about.

First off, your attitude to something is how you think or feel about it, especially when it shows in the way you behave.

Your attitude can have different components such as an emotional component or how something or someone makes you feel. Then there is the cognitive component which is how or what you think about the subject. This is finally followed by the behavioral component which shows how you behave when confronted by the subject.

Then there are your beliefs which are merely feelings of certainty about something. Beliefs are based on ideas and when at a specific point, these ideas start to feel certain, they turn into beliefs. Beliefs, in turn shape your attitude which in turn shape your mindset.

Attitudes and beliefs then give rise to habits which are a direct reflection of your mindset.

Perhaps the most common and well known example of a mindset is seeing the glass as ?half empty? or ?half full?.

Types Of Mindsets

There are different types of mindsets that can either help you unleash your best or contain your potential. There could be a long list of these but here are a few which have been backed by research. Here‘s a quick glance at the following:

Abundance Mindset vs Scarcity Mindset

The way you view abundance or scarcity in different aspects of life greatly influences your success in life, For instance, imagine that two people are walking down the street. They are talking to each other, laughing, joking and all the while breathing in and breathing out.

Now do you think that one of the two might worry that there may not be enough oxygen for the both of them? Likely not, since air is abundant.

Now place the same two people scuba diving where one‘s tank starts to malfunction. That person signals the need for oxygen and suddenly the air around them becomes a precious commodity.

This scarcity could easily make the two worry with a concern that what if there isn‘t enough oxygen for the both of them?

For the most part, the general population seems to be more inclined towards a scarcity mentality. They often view life as having only so much and if they had to share, there wouldn‘t be enough for them.

This sad mentality makes it very hard for such people to share anything including credit, recognition, responsibility or even authority with others. Instead they only end up competing for available resources even when there may be an abundance of them.

On the other hand, those with an abundance mentality are not limited by this thinking pattern. Instead of seeing opportunity as limited, they strive to create more opportunity for themselves and embrace change instead of fearing it.

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Introduction

It?s normal to get caught up in the frenzy of day-to-day life and forget all the dreams and hopes you once had. You go through the daily motions by rote as though you?re a robot.

You wake up, get dressed, prepare breakfast, send the kids off to school, go to work, come back home, play with the kids for a bit, have dinner, sleep.

Is that your life in a nutshell? Don?t you just get bored with it all?

Was there ever a time when you felt happy and free? Perhaps, when you were younger, when you didn?t have a ton of responsibility on your shoulders?

Wouldn?t you like to go back to that and just be happy again? You know, spend more time with your family and do stuff together?

While it may seem extremely difficult right now or maybe even impossible, depending on where you are at right now, know that freedom is within your reach.

Sure, it may take years and years, but if you plan your „escape? properly, you can certainly make it.

In this guide, I will show you everything you need to know so you can choose your own path, and live a happy and fulfilled life.

Chapter 1 - Acknowledging Your Cage

“The secret to happiness is freedom... And the secret to freedom is courage.” - Thucydides

Most of you reading this guide are probably living free lives. You?re not trapped in a physical cage or prison cell. But if you feel constricted, if you feel like the walls are closing in around you and you can?t breathe, then you?re most likely trapped in a mental cage or mental prison.

Your mental cage is exactly what the label says - it’s all in your mind. Your mind is trapping your thoughts and your physical body from within. It?s literally poisoning you from the inside out.

The truth is, even if you live in a real cage, you can still be happy and free. How? By breaking away from the stifling confines of your mind, of negativity, of various stressors in your life.

Unlocking your cage

The first thing you need to do to achieve freedom is to unlock your cage.

But this is much harder than it sounds.

First of all, do you even know where the key is?

You can try looking for it in your surroundings, in your relationships, in your place of work, everywhere really, but you?re not going to find it there.

Instead, you need to look deep within you. YOU hold the key to your freedom.

You can walk out of your cage anytime you want to, but for some reason, which only you know of, you?re unwilling or unable to. You?re trapping yourself inside.

Is it because you feel safer there? Do you think the big bad wolves or the harsh reality of life is going to come get you the moment you step out of your cage?

Getting out of your self-imposed prison requires courage. Tons of courage. This is because breaking free of a mental cage isn?t exactly as clear-cut as trying to escape from a physical cage, where you can visually identify exit points.

With a physical cage, you can easily spot where the door, window, or any other weak points are, so you can break it down and be on the road to freedom. With a mental cage, on the other hand, you wouldn?t even know where to begin!

What you need to unlock

Getting out of your self-imposed prison is very much possible. Don?t let anyone tell you otherwise. Here?s what you need to free yourself from your cage:

Commitment

If you truly want to get out of your cage, then you need to be committed to getting out. If you don?t commit or stick to your plans, then you?ll just be going back to your cage. You?ll be imprisoning yourself again. And you?ll be back to square one.

You?ve identified your purpose – a life of freedom. You can?t ever achieve it if you don?t commit and act towards achieving your ultimate goal It?s so easy to fall back on old habits. One simple mistake can cause all your hard work to come tumbling down, and you?ll be back to where you started. And it?s oh so easy to say “I quit” the moment obstacles start blocking your path.