Aaron LeBauer argues that accepting others' limiting beliefs about you becomes self-fulfilling. He shares a three-step process: identify your narrative, acknowledge it, and choose to see without that filter. His own shift came through a yoga teacher-training program focused on self-inquiry.
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We're here at the airport waiting. There's throngs of people I know there's got to be dozens of pts over there. And one of the things that I wanted to come on today and share with you, there's just some insight and it's don't let other people control your narrative. And what that means is basically other people are going to other people, we'll call other people the world, the man, the institution, etc. Don't let other people control your narrative because when you do, then you don't have control. You let other people decide for you what your reality will be. So if someone says cash based physical therapy is not possible, no one's going to pay more than their copay. If you, and you believe that, well, then it'll never happen. If someone says physical therapy is not worth more than $100, you believe that. If someone says people that wear blue T shirts like me, you know, don't have a high IQ and should never do XYZ and should always, you know, like wash their laundry with Tide, well then that becomes your narrative. And then your narrative is the thing that you always tell yourself, well, I like blue T shirts and you know, I gotta wash with Tide even though the deterg makes my skin itch and I really don't like the commercial. And what I want to say is take that to your story so people will create a story and create their own narrative. And what that means is basically it's like, here I've got my story and it's tall guys with red hair are less than, right? Because if you're tall and you have red hair when you're younger, people are going to tease you. So then if I look at the world through that lens and that filter, then everything becomes that everything becomes from my story. So think about this. The first thing is to identify what your story is, what your lens, what your filter, what your narrative is. When you can identify it, then you can acknowledge it and acknowledge that it's there. And once you acknowledge that it's there, then you can start to see the world without a foggy, you know, without like foggy glasses. And you want to, you know, okay, that's, maybe that's my story. Maybe I'm coming from my perspective. It's, it's the whole reason that relationships get messed up is because each person has a different perspective and they're not willing to share it with each other or acknowledge that they maybe there's a different perspective. So it's different than perspective. So letting someone else. Control your narrative is kind of really about believe in yourself. Don't believe what other people tell you is possible or tell you should do or tell you how you should act or be. And then when you can understand what your story is and what your narrative is, then you can work on changing it. So I hope that's helpful for you guys out there. I mean this works in business and it works in life and personal relationships and it's something that took me really doing like a yoga teacher training about four or five years ago where we did a lot of self inquiry and personal development work. Start to acknowledge and realize it. It's like, you know, is someone really, you know, angry at you? It's like reading on social media what does people post? It's like is that really reflective on you or are you just reading it through your own lens, your own narrative? So start seeing those things a little differently and it's going to help you grow your business and grow your empire and help more patients tremendously. Peace out.
