Stories We Lead With

[More on Fear – IV]

If asked you about the latest challenge you had, your last stressful encounter at work, your previous failed attempt at a project, your last slip-up in a public setting, or last month's biggest hardship, what would you lead with?

“I put all I had in that one and it unfortunately . . .”

Or

“I always blow it when I . . .”

Or

“So and so sabotaged me again, and she . . .”

They are all your story, and they might all be factually true. But they narrate different realities. The stories we tell—about ourselves and our circumstances—either reinforce the reality we fear or re-script a new one.

It’s your story.
It’s your choice.