I was in the middle of a workout the other day, and right before things got intense,

right before we picked it up a level, I heard someone say, brace yourselves, your minds are about to start lying to you.

Now, note, the message was not, brace yourselves,

you're about to lose focus,

brace yourselves, things are going to get challenging,

the path's going to be unclear,

no, the message was much, much simply,

that we would be told lies, objectively,

and who would tell them, well, the adversary within each of us,

the dark side of the moon, right?

Just as there's light, there's darkness, just as we have the tools to build,

we have the tools to tear down.

In fact, our life trajectories hinge on whether we find

those reasons we can or we find reasons we can't, whether we push those so-called lies away

or embrace an adopt.

But here's what I loved most about that comment.

Why I found it so moving.

You know, I'm someone who's fascinated by the power of mindset.

Obviously, I read about it, I experiment with it, I talk about it almost every day.

But I guess in my head, I'd compartmentalized it as something slightly more subjective, right?

We'll call it negative self-talk as an obstacle.

As chaos we have to learn to navigate.

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