The One Truth

Chapter 2The Five D’s

The Battle for Your Mind

There is a battle going on in your mind, and your opponent's weapon of choice is not sticks, stones, bombs or guns but thoughts – thoughts that question your value, purpose, capabilities, goals, future, and worth. These thoughts will often give you doubt; they will weaken you, belittle you, shame you, terrify you, and sabotage you if you let them. They might tell you that you are not good enough, smart enough, attractive enough, powerful enough, or successful enough. They will sometimes tell you the future is hopeless and you should give up. For many, the thoughts try to convince you that the dream you have in your heart is silly and will never be realized. Those dreams are for others, not for someone like you. Negative thoughts might tell you the health diagnosis or the relationship you are in won't improve. They say your past mistakes define you and they try to load you with guilt, condemn you with shame, and imprison you with unworthiness. These thoughts will lie to you during the course of your life and at different times will say that you'll never make it, never be loved, never find the right person, never find the right job, never get through this, and never succeed.

I know these thoughts well because I've experienced all of them and have worked with many people, including some of the greatest athletes and most successful leaders on the planet, who have experienced these thoughts too. For years I lost the battle of my mind ...