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The Only Thing You Need to Change to Transform Your Life
A simple life lesson anyone can follow
Two twin brothers grow up in an extremely rough environment. Their father spent his entire life going in and out of jail, abusing their mother, and eventually died in prison.
Brother number one decides to follow suit. He, too, becomes a degenerate criminal who ends up spending long stints in prison.
Brother number two gets straight A’s in school, goes to university for criminal justice, and eventually becomes a detective — he’s as straight of an arrow as you can possibly be.
If you were to ask both brothers why they chose the route they chose, they’d give you the same answer:
Look at my father. What choice did I have?
You’ve probably heard that anecdote before, or something similar, that illustrates the power of your own perception.
You come up with this ‘self’ that’s a combination of your experiences, traits, and most importantly the interpretation of all the above. You create this idea of who you are — an identity — and once fully formed, it’s very hard to break out of.
Why? Because you spent so much time creating it that the idea you chose the wrong identity is too painful to…
