Welcome back to the podcast. My name is Joseph Clough, and this is episode

100181. Now, in today's power talk,

we're going to be going into a few little ideas of kind of understanding that we have

choice. You see, we seem to think most of the time that we're a fixed

person, like we're fixed in our beliefs, we're fixed in our identity, we're fixed with our

issues that we experience and that means we are unable to change it.

I mean, I know for me, I used to identify as someone as a blusher.

I identified that I was an anxious person, that I was anxious.

And whenever we say things like I am, or at least imagine that, like I'm bad at relationships or I'm bad with money or I can never lose weight it actually sets you up to fail it causes you to really associate

your identity your personality to the issue that you're experiencing.

Makes things so, so, so much harder.

But here's the reality of things that we're not always told.

Although, in sociology at least, they say between zero and seven is when we start to really absorb

and become our environment and those within our environment.

Some of even say the first four years, we can have the basis or the foundation of who we are as a person, which is fascinating to think.

Those pivotal early years are so big, right?

You don't really think of your personality being developed that early on.

You think, oh, it takes years and years and years of experiences to be

able to do that. But nevertheless, here's the reality. You are not your thoughts. They come and go

as they please. You're not your beliefs as they were instilled upon you going for experiences.

You're not your values as they were taught to you.

And you're not your reasons until you actually believe in them.

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