I stopped being skeptical and started opening up to immense possibility.
I was at a standstill in my life and I felt that I reached my ceiling. I used to analyze a lot about everything and my logical, rational brain would think of only things that were in the realm of possibility at that time. I was confident that I knew all there is to know and I could not break free.
Then, by a freak accident, I was introduced to Audio books by a friend. As I had a long commute, and the football season was over, I decided to give audio books a try. I was still not sure how this would help me but then it did.
The book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” was as much about mindset as it was about money. In that book, there is a conversation that the author has with his biological parent (a government worker) and his friend’s dad (a businessman).
Author : “I want to buy X and it costs $100“
-Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Poor Dad (Biological dad) : “No, we can’t afford it.”
Rich Dad (Businessman) : “Think how you can afford it?”
The subtext underneath this innocuous conversation will stay with me forever. By declining to even entertain the possibility, the poor dad has shutdown all avenues of hope and aspiration. On the other hand, by asking to brainstorm all the potential ways the kid could achieve his goal which was out of his current realm of possibility ($100 was a lot for a kid to ask 🙂 ), the rich dad opened up a flood of new possibilities for the kid.
This theme plays out in multiple ways in our lives. By opening myself up, I was able to handle rejections and turn these into opportunities to explore new ways to reach goals.
At a macro level of a company, I have heard multiple CEOs of great companies exhibit this mindset.
Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce
Don’t let a good crisis go to waste
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft
Don’t be a know-it-all, be a learn-it-all
BYC 
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