Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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from these experiences. Truly powerful people absorb
what has happened to them and sort of metabolize it.
They use it as an opportunity to learn, to develop themselves.
This type of inner mental and emotional work is
non-negotiable if you want to be truly powerful.
Powerful people are not the most aggressive; aggression is
usually a self-defense mechanism. Powerful people are the
ones most unfazed by small disturbances and most willing
to fully process and work through the big ones.
Of course, this is the foundational stuff. Next, you have
to work on simplifying your life, talking less about your
ambitions, and showing more of your accomplishments
once they are completed. Gradually make health improvements.
Assume that everyone, and everything,
has something to teach you. Become comfortable with
vulnerability, as vulnerability precedes almost every significant
part of your life, and intentionally design your
daily routine.
Through everything, you must be thinking as your most
powerful self would. If you learn to see the world and your
life through that lens, you can create a life that reflects the
intentions of that side of you. It already exists; you just
need to know how to tap into it.