BORN TO TRANSFORM: Your Power To Reinvent Yourself

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When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you’re you?

Who you think you are is made up. Surprised to hear that? There’s more. This made-up perception was generated at such an early age, you likely have no idea it ever happened. Who you think you are is really how you LEARNED to see yourself.

I’m not suggesting there’s anything wrong with who you think you are. I’m not suggesting there’s anything to change about it. I am presenting an uncommon way of seeing yourself: to distinguish between who you learned you are and who you actually are—it makes a difference in what you’re capable of.

Consider that they are not the same.

Consider that you have thoughts, opinions, beliefs, and emotions about yourself that you either inherited from those around you or you made up yourself as a result of how life did or didn’t turn out in your favor.

Consider that those perceptions aren’t inherently true; they’re works of fiction.

The perceptions you have of yourself today were invented and cultivated from the time you were young. And because they were invented…they can be reinvented. You are under no obligation today to be the person you were yesterday. REALLY.

What would it mean for you to be free from the limits of who you learned you are? What if who you really are, and always have been, is RE-INVENT-ABLE?

REINVENTION IS YOUR BIRTHRIGHT

The Wisdom of Reinvention

Today we’re exploring what great minds have had to say about the possibility of reinvention for mankind. There is deep wisdom here. Use their words as tools to identify, examine, and release the outdated, disempowered perceptions holding you back. Considered how you might create your life next in the freedom that reinvention offers.

• George Bernard Shaw: "Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."
• Steve Jobs: "For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."
• George Elliot: "It’s never too late to be what you might have been."
• Lao Tzu: "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be."
• James Altucher: "Every day, you reinvent yourself. You’re always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward."
• Stephen Covey: "Your power to choose your direction in life allows you to reinvent yourself, to change your future, and to powerfully influence the rest of creation."
• Marcus Aurelius: "Think of yourself as dead. You have lived your life. Now, take what’s left and live it properly."
• Rae Smith: "Never be afraid to fall apart, because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along."
• Guy Finley: "Nothing in the universe can stop you from letting go and starting over."
• Curtis Jones: "Sometimes life requires more of you than you have to give & demands you plunge into the reinvention of yourself if you truly want to live."
• Michael French: "Your life can end at any time, and it can end more than once. But it can also begin more than once."

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Questions For Reinvention

You can reinvent any part of your life; just one part, many parts, or reinvent it all.

Consider the following questions to gain clarity on what reinvention could mean for you right now. Pick one or two to meditate on this next week:

• In what ways have you learned to see yourself that no longer serve you?
• How would your life change if you embraced the possibility that your greatest impact and joy are still ahead of you?
• What dream or goal have you buried because it seemed too late or too hard to pursue, and what would happen if you unearthed it now?
• What would your life look like if you chose to honor your wildest ambition, no matter how impractical or terrifying it feels?
• If you were to step into a future where you fully embody your potential, what would you need to let go of today to get there?
• What’s the boldest version of yourself that you can imagine, and what about that vision scares you the most?
• If you were to design your ideal life from scratch, what would it look like?
• What are the beliefs or stories you're telling yourself that might be limiting your reinvention?
• What is the one thing you've been avoiding that you know will transform your life, and how would facing it now change everything?
• Who do you need to become to fully embrace this new chapter of your life?
• What challenges or resistance do you foresee in the process of reinvention? How will you address them?
• What will reinventing yourself cost you? Are you willing to pay that?
• What will not reinventing yourself cost you? Are you willing to pay that?

You are under no obligation today to be the person you were yesterday. REALLY.

What area of your life is calling for reinvention?

Realize that when you choose to reinvent yourself, the new you won’t feel authentic for some time, and you’ll be tempted to compare it to how real the old you feels.

That feeling of authenticity is really a sense of familiarity. The old you isn’t any more real than the newly invented you; it’s just familiar, because of how long you’ve lived in it. With practice, you will become familiar with the newly invented you, and it will feel authentic as it becomes your new normal.

Keep creating!

May you prosper in every way!

Becky & TPL Team