BEYOND LIMITATIONS: TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE WITH YOUR MIND.
Christopher Reeves ,the renowned actor who acted as Super man from 1978 to 1987 and other movies like Rear Window and Above Suspicion, was thrown from a horse in an equestrian competition in 1995.
Reeves broke his neck. His spinal cord was totally severed from his brain and he was completely paralysed below the neck.
The doctor looked at him and said "You can never walk again. Just live with your misfortune. "
Little did they know that Reeves was not just Superman in the movie. He had a streak for making misfortune turn to fortunes.
Reeves decided not to listen to the FIXED MINDSETS of his doctors. He began to look for ways to prove to the world that nothing is impossible if you have your mind fixed on it.
According to Carol.S.Dweck in her her best selling book , Mindset: The New Psychology Of Success, Reeves started a demanding exercise program that involves moving all his body parts with the help of an electrical stimulation.
Five years later, Reeves proved to the world that YOU CAN CHANGE A STORY IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MINDSET.
"He began to feel movement again. First his hands then his arms then his legs and then his torso." Carol.S.Dweck writes
Contrary to what doctors thought, his brain reconnected to his body and his nervous system regained its senses and Reeves, in his trying time ,discovered something that was not known to doctors and it was a new vista for research and people who had spinal cord injuries had hope that they could recover.
What changed all that? A MAN'S MINDSET.
When you have a GROWTH MINDSET, you see challenges as tools to grow. You are not limited by things other people are limited by.
You always look for avenue to beat your limitations.
The GROWTH MINDSET is within everyone of us.
It's why a baby is never daunted when he is learning to walk. He falls so many times but he keeps trying then one day, we scream " Wow, look, he is walking".
The truth is.....
WE ARE ALL BORN WITH THE ABILITY TO BECOME ANYTHING WE CHOOSE.
But as we grow, challenges, people's opinions, norms, dogmas and doctrines, religious and cultural beliefs, environmental inequalities, all of this waters down how we see ourselves.
We succumb to become ORDINARY
when we should be EXTRA ORDINARY.
Our mindset become FIXED.
Our vocabulary become full of negative words like " I can't. " , " It's impossible", " Noone has ever done it before..".
We become like EVERYONE ELSE.
A GROWTH MINDSET overcomes challenges. A FIXED MINDSET accepts challenges.
A GROWTH MINDSET flourishes. A FIXED MINDSET is static and people with such mindset tells you God choose to bless some people and leaves some other people unblessed.
Well, know this ....It's in you to become great ...
....No matter what the economy says
.....No matter what is prevalent around you...
Declare that your case is different then...
Take steps to attain your desired heights and you will watch your fortune change....
Do not allow limitations kill your dreams.
©️ Gladys Aghete
