This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1579, an excerpt from the book The Bright Way,

Five Steps to Fraying the Creative Within by Diana Rowan, and I'm Justin Mollick.

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An excerpt from the book The Bright Way, Five Steps to Fraying the Creative Within by Diana Rowan.

I've learned from decades of teaching and creating that mindset is everything.

By mindset, I mean what you believe body, mind, spirit about yourself and about what's possible

for you. Simply put, if you believe you can do something, you can. If you don't believe you can

do something, you can't. If you place limitations of any sort on yourself, I have to tell you they

will play out. While this might sound scary, the opposite is also true. If you adopt a mindset of

possibility, growth, and unlimited potential, your life will blossom in response. This is the

mindset I invite you to adopt on our path. The Bright Way will ask you to change your mindset on

many things, always from a compassionate place of love, growth, and connection,

so that your life reflects your innermost dreams. You'll have the opportunity to let go of

old ways of thinking and being that have held back your creativity until now. Changing your mindset

is exhilarating, liberating, and yes rigorous. This is why part one of this book is called

Invitation and Initiation. It prepares you to take the five Bright Way Steps explored in part

two by gently initiating you into the philosophy first. I hope you receive this invitation whole

heartedly and voluntarily. You aren't in charge on this path. There are no gatekeepers on the

Bright Way. No bosses. It is your courage that urges you on. Prepared by your courage, you'll

self-initiate into the great secrets of creativity that have been known throughout the ages. You are

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