Allison MaslanCEO & Business Scaling Expert | WSJ Bestselling Author

The mindset shift that changes how you lead

6 Oct 2026 · 1 min

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Allison Maslan describes shifting from seeing life as something that happens to you to recognizing it as an inner game you control through mindset. She points to Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison yet cultivated an inner vision that sparked a global movement to end apartheid, as proof that external change starts with internal attitude.

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When I was younger, I used to think that everything that happened to me was an external game, that I really didn't have control over circumstances. And that really put me as the victim. But then as I got older and I came to understand that, no, actually it's an inner game. I could make myself internally feel abundant. I could feel rich. I could feel more stable. I could have more ease. I could feel more fun without anything going on on the outside. I could just get into that space in my head and then start to feel it in my body. And then the interesting thing that started to happen was I started to notice more abundance in my life, more richness, more ease, more stability. I realized, oh my God, this is all actually an inner game. We can control what we focus on. And if you don't believe that, think about Nelson Mandela. He was in prison for 27 years, completely cut off from the public, yet he created an entire movement from behind bars to end apartheid. His inner game created the outer game. What do you want to change in your life? Start here first.