The Tale of the Two | Mindset Monday

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Tom Ferry

Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

You may have heard a story (or seen one play out in your life) of two nearly identical people with the exact same situation. But when they come to a fork in the road, one goes down the path of destruction, and the other goes down the path of improvement. But here is the kicker… They both chose their paths for the same reason… So, what made the difference? Watch the episode to find out!

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0:00.0	You probably heard this story before, like the man who's an alcoholic who has two children.
0:09.5	And later on in life, in their 30s, when you ask them both, do you drink?
0:13.5	One says, I drink every day.
0:15.4	I'm an alcoholic.
0:16.4	Why?
0:17.4	Because my dad's an alcoholic.
0:18.4	The other one says, I don't drink at all.
0:19.7	Why?
0:20.7	Because my dad's an alcoholic.
0:22.6	It's the world famous tale of the two, right?
0:24.9	It's why we struggle when we look at, say, two people, same exact street, same exact
0:29.9	school, get into their career.
0:32.0	One becomes wildly successful.
0:33.6	The other one totally struggles.
0:35.0	Why?
0:36.0	It's because the meaning we attach to what happens, right?
0:40.7	Like I just hung up with a woman who literally said to me, you know, cancer was a gift for
0:45.5	me, right?
0:46.5	It got me to stop and realize I was doing terrible things to my body.
0:50.0	And I know as you hear that, you probably freak out.
0:52.2	But imagine the same person saying, cancer is the end of my life versus cancer was a gift.
0:59.1	It got me to make all the changes.
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