Scar City, Mind Set
What life patterns do we create when we feel we have too little, or have lost too much? How does this perception of scarcity shape our decisions and actions? We will dive into what has influenced our perceptions of scarcity mindset, and discuss ways to cultivate an abundance mindset as our default perception.
This is a discussion about recognizing and overcoming scarcity mindset.
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Show Notes
We are multifaceted mirrors explaining the universe back to itself.
•1:22 The mind is a programable tool. Utilized productively with awareness we will accomplish unimaginable things. Society informs us of certain rules and social norms that we are suppose to follow. However during this education process we are also imbued with propaganda. A marketing campaign devised to herd us into conformity.
•2:03 Without questioning, we start to take in this propaganda as fact and indoctrinate it into gospel. We begin to disassociate from one another, police one another, and shun difference. We start to forget that the course of our lives are as organic as our bodies and the nature around us.
•3:253:25 We are dealing with a mind that has been programed since birth with a desire and traits that may not be of our own intuition.
•3:45 Scarcity Mindset is merely a perception of circumstance. A person with Scarcity Mindset will see lack and be overwhelmed by it.
•4:50 The perception of Scarcity Mindset becomes a disposition of greed, a dullness of expression and ripples into every interaction you have.
•5:20 The opposite to Scarcity Mindset is Abundance Mindset. Someone who has cultivated this perception will see lack as “circumstantial scarcity” and use this as inspiration for creativity.
•7:04 Every program has an executable file. In this case the executable is the perception you allow to influence your action. Either Scarcity or Abundance can be executed and it’s our choice.
•07:15: Steps to Overcoming Scarcity Mindset
1. Develop the awareness and recognition of the perception that is influencing your action during the experience.
2. Once these negative influences have been identified confront them, or remove the from your life.
3. Surround your self with positive people
4. Seek out healthy lifestyle choices
5. Develop productive habits and show up everyday to create
6. Decide to be ambitious and execute your dreams.
7. Find humor and fascination in the world around you.
8. Continuously redefine how you perceive your situations with encouraging positive phrases and self talk.
9. When all else fails: learn, accept, and, let go.
Bonus
Symptoms of Scarcity Mindset are:
• Overabundance of television or escape mechanisms.
• never planning
• hoarding information and feeling like everyone else are only motivated to compete against you.
• Transactional perspective: Giving only to get.
• Blaming others for your failures.
Abundance Mindset:
• A sense of gratitude
• Compliment others
• Give other people credit for their victories
• Accept responsibility for your failures
• Speaking to people directly, and discuss take-a-ways