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You’re Keeping Yourself From Reaching Your Fullest Potential — Here’s Why
“I am” statements dictate your legacy
Productivity gurus are sweating.
They want you to think you need a dozen organization apps and cold showers to get your sh!t done.
If there’s one thing you’re doing that’s preventing you from creating your ideal legacy, it isn’t the temperature of the water hitting your skull in the AM.
This is it.
This is what you should stop doing
Stop making “I am” statements that do not serve you.
Everyone does it. I do it. What matters now is that you start recognizing it.
Here’s an example.
The pandemic is canceled. It’s almost summer, which means backyard parties and drinking seltzers into the night.
You’re catching up with friends, having a good time — that’s when the true version of you comes out. You start talking about yourself, seriously, jokingly, and negatively all simultaneously.
You say things like:
- “I can’t function without my coffee.”
- “I am not a morning person.”
- “I cannot sleep unless I smoke weed.”
