Our new book “Splash! Increase Your Life’s Impact” calls out 14 mindsets critical to discovering your purpose and living your calling. Today let’s take a look at the first mindset as a glimpse into how the mindsets help on this journey.
Mindset 1: Empowerment Mentality
Located in Step 1: Make Time (Chapter 5 in the book)
Old thinking: “I have to…” or “I can’t…”
New thinking: “I choose to…”
When we don’t take responsibility for the choices we make, we forfeit the power to choose something different for ourselves. Therefore, there is a lot of power in recognizing our part in what we might otherwise consider to be our “circumstances.” We need to recognize our own power to make changes in our lives before we will have the power to affect changes in the lives of other people.
We started with this mindset because it lays a foundation of possibilities. We are no longer victims of life because we see that life doesn’t just happen to us. We are active participants in life and our choices determine our experience.
Bad relationships, a job we don’t like and our family’s schedule don’t happen to us. We can make new choices if we don’t like how things are.
Empowerment Mentality appears in Step 1 to enable people to free up the time they need to devote to this work. It is useful, though, throughout the rest of the journey because it creates options where there would appear to be none before.
Splash!” will be released Monday, July 14 and is currently available for pre-order at www.simplygreatlives.com/shop
