So many entrepreneurs I meet are out to change the world.
And more often than not, we need to change our own world – and our own minds – before we can change anyone else’s world.
This was one of the many lessons I took from seeing 6-time Tony award winning, Broadway musical Kinky Boots earlier this week.
The show was about a guy who took over the family shoe factory and had to reinvent how they do business in order to continue providing jobs and stay afloat. It required him to take big risks to see it through.
(Give me music, crazy costumes AND a storyline around pushing the limits in business? I’m in heaven!)
My all time favorite takeaway was a line from the last song,
You change the world when you change your mind.
We have so many options for how we can approach life. Which of these do you choose?
Do you choose fear… or love?
Do you choose misery… or joy?
Do you choose desperation… or calm?
Do you choose victimhood… or victory?
Do you choose scarcity… or abundance?
Do you choose self-doubt… or self-trust?
Do you choose to isolate… or collaborate?
Do you choose judgement… or acceptance?
Do you choose persecution… or compassion?
Do you choose to make promises… or follow through?
Do you choose to fool yourself… or be real?
Do you choose self-loathing… or self-love?
Do you choose to retreat… or advance?
Do you choose criticism… or creation?
Do you choose to shrink… or grow?
Do you choose to wait… or dare?
Do you choose to think… or do?
Do you choose lies… or truth?
You change the world when you change your mind.
If you had to change one thing from the list above, which would have the greatest impact on changing your mind… and in turn, the world around you?
I’ve chosen to be more accepting and less judgmental.
Please join me by changing your mind around one thing. Share it in the Comments, if you’re so inclined.
And let’s watch how it changes us. And in turn, how it changes our world.
