There is a saying often heard: "Do not go around Burning |
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Bridges." This is a phrase created for our safety. So if |
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something bad happens, we can just go back and pull the |
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bridge safety. |
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This is good and all for a mediocre life. However if you |
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want to live an amazing, abundant-inspiring life, you're |
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going to have to hold a torch now and again. |
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After all, when the Greek arrives on the Trojan shore in |
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the Iliad, they burned their boats behind them. It sent |
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a message to every troop there. That the only way they |
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were going to leave this place was either through death |
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or victory. Do you imagine which one they wanted more? |
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Though this example is extreme, it is important to |
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recognize that sometimes bridges are crutches. They will |
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only allow you to go so far into uncharted territory |
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before you scurry back inwards. |
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You can burn your bridges mentally by making the |
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decision that you will never give up. That you will |
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never give in, nor heed to the dream-stealers that |
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attempt to tear at your goals. |
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A person I know decided he would be an entrepreneur that |
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traveled the world with only computer in hand to build |
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his business. You know what he did? He quit his job, |
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bought a one-way ticket, a good backpack and shoes and |
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began his journey. |
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He burned all the bridges. |
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It was either time to make it or get crushed. And |
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because burning these bridges, for the first time he is |
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making money outside of a job that is supporting |
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himself. And soon that income will grow even further to |
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support his dreams of traveling the world forever |
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By burning his bridges, it realigned with his mind that |
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this is the only way out. The only way to get to |
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happiness and security is by going forward. |
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When you have this mentality, you become almost |
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unstoppable. Because now your mind is looking for |
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opportunities, any at all, that it can clutch to reach |
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your goals. It is frantically searching for a method to |
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make things work because there is no other option left. |
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This is a very powerful psychological condition. For |
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anyone seeking to truly transform themselves, this is |
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the only psychological condition you should be in. As it |
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is the only one powerful enough to revolutionize your |
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entire mind, body and soul. |
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