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How You Grow…

Many people believe suffering is the best teacher. If this were true, the entire world would be healthy, happy, and prosperous because we all suffer greatly. No matter how much you prepare, work on yourself, and strive to avoid suffering, you’re going to get your fair (or unfair) share. We’re all going to lose loved ones, experience natural disasters, and receive bad medical diagnoses.

You Didn’t Get Here by Accident

Once an urban myth takes hold, it never seems to die. For instance, the one that says an undercover agent has to admit that they are police officers if you ask them outright. (I guess the people who believe this have never seen an episode of The Wire or Miami Vice.) So it was no surprise that as I negotiated a deal with a drug dealer for the sixth time, for the sixth time he asked me if I was an undercover police officer. After assuring him I wasn’t, he produced an 8-ball of crystal meth, which I accepted and replaced with the cash.

Do You Have Concrete Brain?

Today let’s look at something we discuss here frequently: your brain. Or more specifically, how you develop, care for, and protect it from being co-opted by the forces that want to manipulate and control it. For me, my greatest fear is developing what I think of as “concrete brain.”

Accepting Yourself

Living a life of prosperity requires a complete rewiring of your brain, moving from seeking approval from others to becoming comfortable in your own skin – developing confidence in how you live your life. The approval that matters is internal, not external.