The speaker argues that asking "why is this happening?" keeps you stuck in explanation, while questions like "how can I do it another way?" unlock agency and options. Shift your internal dialogue from passive to active, and you change what becomes possible.
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You know, life happens to you. It doesn't happen for you. It has to be hard. But if we start also change the questions we ask ourselves, because I think a lot of people, and I know I'm generalizing now, but they're stuck in why is this happening? Why? And the brain will give you 500,000 things of why. It's gonna give you the reason and you'll find the reason because this, because this, because this. But when you start just shifting that question to how can I do it in another way? What else is possible? How else can I approach it? It's impossible. Yeah, what else is possible? That is, I mean, and the options are unlimited, right? Unlimited.