The 4 Part Mindset You Need to Have To Build Your Story of Persistence & Endurance - Patrick Mosher

The mindset to have with your story, we're going to build that story with you right now. First of all, one story, one thing about your story of persistence and endurance is that a mindset that you need to have is no problem is bigger than you or the people around you. In fact, it might be bigger than you, but it's not bigger than you and the network you have around you— significant others, friends, family, collaborators, affiliates, whatever it is. You've got the network around you to make this thing work. No problem is bigger than you. Secondly, learning comes from wins and losses. So if one point of living our life is to learn, then win or lose, we still win because we're learning all the time. That's the second mindset about endurance and persistence. And then, oh, this is so good. If you have a dream, You have this dream, you wake up, you go, "I want to do this thing." That dream is a gift. It was gifted to you by a higher power. And you know what? It's like to me, and I don't know how you are about litter, but if I see a gum wrapper on the floor, on the ground, and I'm walking, I typically pick it up and look for the nearest trash can and put it away. Because as soon as I see that gum wrapper, it's my responsibility. To pick it up and do something with it. Same thing with your dream. You've got to pick up your dream and you've got to put it in the right place. Put it in the world where it shines. That's your job, that's your responsibility. And if you don't do it, well, the universe is going to pick somebody else to give that dream to. And that's okay because that dream needs to get done. And the universe just assumed that you were the right person to do it. You are the right person to do it. Take that dream, make it work. That's the third mindset. The fourth mindset is storytelling and story building are competencies, things that we can get better at. So many people say, oh, Patrick, you're a natural storyteller. You know, from my history, I wasn't, but now I am. I'm so much better because it's a craft. I love crafts. I love learning new crafts. So here's my craft of storytelling and story building. We're going to do some story building craft today.