Success isn't a Pie

The Powerful Paragraph

A few years ago, I stumbled upon the website of one of my previous students. She’d become a writer and had already published a children’s book. It looked like she was doing all of the things that I wanted to be doing, and I admit that I felt jealous and maybe even a bit scared. Was I able to make it if she was already doing it ahead of me? At that time, I didn’t have a clear vision for the future of my writing, and I felt threatened every time another person got ahead in their writing career. I was operating from a scarcity mindset. I assumed that her success, especially the success of someone much younger, meant that there wasn’t enough success left for me to achieve. While that may sound a bit disillusioned, many people face similar thoughts. However, if we look at life as an unlimited vat of untapped potential and success rather than a pie to be divvied up until it’s all gone, we can begin to see how our scarcity mindset might hold us back.