Ep 12: Perception Is Reality (Short) || Miami
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Today I’m gonna talk about how your perception is your reality… or how it becomes your reality.
In recent years, I have wished to be a little taller.
Why did I like being short in the past? I was insecure. I didn’t want to be seen or noticed.
There was a racial component to it as well.
Being tall would not have reflected how I felt inside. It would have felt like being in the wrong body.
But now I want to stand out…. I don’t need to fade into the background by being short.
So my shortness no longer has any real usefulness to me anymore in the present day.
I now feel like somewhat of an advocate for short men. There are some great short men out there.
In spite of me being short, not everyone perceives me that way… Reality is relative.
Even the things that seem to be obvious facts to some people really aren’t. Many perceptions that we have can be changed in our minds.
Guess what…. in many aspects we do create our own worlds. Have you ever noticed how the world improves when our mindset improves? That happened to me.
I can change my perception and thus change my reality. I believe that my shortness is a badge of pride because I have now outgrown the need for it. It is not something I rely on anymore to keep me safe.
The best thing to do is to “Act as if”. With many things, reality is not reality. Reality is whatever you perceive it to be! You choose to believe you’re powerful. You choose to believe you’re attractive.
In what ways can you perceive things differently so that over time, your belief and reality about things have changed so much that it is not even an issue anymore?
Sometimes perceiving things differently can affect drastically how you interact with people.
“Always try to perceive other people’s motives in the best possible light.” In as many cases as you can, think first about what positive motives they might have.
No matter what people do to you or say to you, how can you perceive it differently to improve yourself?
“You may not be able to improve them, but you can always improve yourself.” – Maxx Mitchell
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