Excerpt from a T. Harv Eker talk asserting that meaning is assigned by the individual: nothing has inherent meaning, and by choosing perceptions one 'creates your own reality.' The speaker frames this mindset as the source of complete freedom and control over life, contrasting external attainment with internal interpretation.
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Nothing has meaning except for the meaning you give it. Let's say it again. Nothing has meaning except for the meaning you give it. So bottom line is this. You create your own reality. And most people think of that. They go, oh, how do I attract this and how do I bring this into my life? And how do I get money and how do I get a relationship and how do I have more health? You know, the stuff. Stuff, stuff. No, it's not about that. You create your reality not by external elements, but by how you look at everything. Understand? So nothing has meaning except for the minangit. In other words, everything is neutral until you get there. And then with the way you perceive it, the way you look at it, the way you think about it, it becomes what it is. That's where your power is. It's not what is, it's how you think about what is that makes it what it is. That, my friends, is complete freedom and complete control of life.