We humans learn by stories. Greek playwrights used “catharsis” as a way to guide the brains of their audience through a human experience on stage. 

Recent studies have recorded brain responses of subjects as they watch a story. What’s freaking amazing is that the subject’s brain lights up as if the story is happening in real life.

So. Stuff happens.

And then, what stories are you telling yourself? 

Brains are great because they learn from stories. They listen to language, and believe it. They don’t fact check.

The big deal about mindset is that it puts you in charge of your stories.

The opening of a Dickens novel asks whether the protagonist will be the hero of their own story. 

Be the hero of yours.