Dean Graziosi tells the story of twins who responded differently to their father's abuse: one let it anchor him down, the other used it as fuel to build a better life. How you interpret your pain determines whether it destroys you or drives you.
But did you ever hear that it's probably a made up story about twins? No. And so one twin is a drug addict, in and out of jail, and they say, how did this happen to you? And he said, my father was physically abusive and drank too much, and he was so mean to me. How else could I turn out? They went to the other brother who's massively successful, happily married with kids, and they said, hey, how did you become so successful? He said, my father was a drug addict, in and out of prison. What else could I be? Oh, wow. Right. Yeah. So one found a way to use it as fuel, as the wind behind their sail, and the other as an anchor. And I think that's our job in life. How do we take what happened to us and make it the inspiration, not the anchor.
