Bounce

Chapter 5

Change your thinking

You are not what you think you are. But what you think, you are! Read those sentences again. Make sure you pause at the full-stop and the comma.

Now, which of these statements do you think are true?

• I should know what I want from life by now.
• I take responsibility for my own feelings and actions and hold others responsible for theirs.
• One mistake and I feel like a total failure.
• Other people should be trusted completely or not at all.
• It’s all right to be good at some things and not so good at others.
• Once a cheater, always a cheater.
• If I feel stupid and boring, then I must be stupid and boring.

Whichever statements you believe to be true, where and when did you learn to think like this?

You were certainly ...