In life, the most important person you will ever know is yourself. But how much time do you spend working on YOU and your mindset? I heard a story recently that will help you answer that exact question.
There was a man sitting at the kitchen table, having a morning cup of coffee and reading the Sunday paper. His son came sprinting down the stairs, buzzing for a day out with his dad and ready to go out and play. The previous night, his dad had promised that they would spend the whole day together so he kept his diary free so that he could spend quality time with his son.
However, he needed just a few more minutes to finish his morning routine, so he had an idea to buy himself a little bit more time. He ripped out a picture of the world, a few pages back in his newspaper, and tore it in to about 30 tiny pieces. He placed them on to the table in front of his son and said:
'Let's play a game. Here's a puzzle; as soon as you can put this picture of the world back together, we will go out and start our day together.'
The dad picked up the paper and continued reading and less than a couple of minutes went by and his son excitedly pulled the paper to one side and said, 'Dad, I'm done!' The dad was astonished to see that his son was able to do that so quickly. Obviously, he asked him how he managed to do it.
The son explained that a piece of paper fell on to the floor and when he bent over to pick it up he could see through the bottom of the glass table that there was a picture of a man on the back of all the little pieces. So he turned all the pieces over and put the man together. Once he did that, the world just fell in to place.
So often we see the world as the ruler of our destiny when, in reality, we are the vehicle to our own destiny. We get from the world what we invest in ourselves. Piecing together the world you want is an impossible task if you haven't created your ideal self first.
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