It has many names.
Knowledge.
Wisdom.
Truth.
Beliefs.
We all have our version of it.
We have an experience, and we gain this understanding, and we give it a name.
Again, some call it knowledge, wisdom, or truth.
This understanding we have allows us to make judgments.
This understanding gives us the ability to make thoughtful decisions and come to sensible conclusions.
And sometimes our understanding does not serve us.
If we are wise, we give power to our wisdom. It aligns with our identity and it can be difficult to change.
If we are smart, we give power to our knowledge. It aligns with our identity and it can be difficult to change.
If we know truth, then what we don't know can threaten our version of truth and to change that can be uncomfortable.
Our ways of being, and what we identify with, affects our ability to change and evolve towards success.
The challenge with this vicious cycle, the inability to evolve towards success, is not in simply having an "open mind."
What I am bringing to your awareness is that all understanding is rooted in experience, either of our own or others.
Again, we have an experience, we gain understanding, and we give it a name.
The challenge with this way of living is this understanding is often rooted in one experience.
If you want to move towards your version of success, faster, you must learn through patterns.
You may think, "Do I really need to burn my hand on the stove 3 times to know it's hot?"
Sure, maybe that's obvious, even what we call "common sense." That's not what I'm talking about.
I'm talking about the understanding that seems innocent.
The kind that you've always thought to be true and have never questioned.
If you want to move towards your version of success faster, I invite you, define success.
Write it down, as specific as you can.
Write out what you would be feeling.
What you would see around you.
What you would hear around you.
What you would have become.
When we do not achieve our version of success it's not because we cannot be successful.
It is often that we don't know what our version of success looks like, specifically.
Define success.
Next, examine your understanding.
Examine what you call your knowledge, your wisdom, your truth, your beliefs.
Without self-awareness of who you are and how you see your world, success is delayed.
Examine your understanding and ask yourself, "How does this serve my version of success?"
If your wisdom says success takes a long time and it's hard to achieve, how does that serve your vision of success?
What if success wasn't hard?
If your knowledge says you don't have enough, how does that serve your vision of success?
What if, instead, you had enough, and the answers and the people are right in front of you?
If your truth says you can't be at peace or satisfied until you have certain conditions met, how does that serve your vision of success?
What if you were at peace and satisfied with what you have now?
The default can often be to live an entire life looking for answers outside of us when the answers are within.
