A short self-help talk by Rick Torrison arguing that pivotal life moments ‘‘mark’’ people and shift their self-narratives, usually toward negative beliefs. These altered narratives show up as limiting self-statements and behaviors (examples: “I won't,” “I can't,” “I'm not”) and shape how individuals relate to themselves and others.
Now these moments mark us and they cause us to shift our self narrative, the way we believe and think about ourselves, our friends, our relationships, life, and the world around us. The narrative rarely, if ever, is a positive narrative, and it shows up in the way we live, the behaviors that we lead, and the thoughts that we have. We start agreeing with these voices in our heads and these declarations. And when we agree with the declarations that we make in these beliefs, we start saying things like, I won't, I can't, I'm not.
