4 Powerful Paradigm Shifts That Change Your Outlook On Life
Question the lens through which you see the world
Our environment shapes our fundamental beliefs. These beliefs are branded deeply into our culture. Our families, friends, and self-confirming newsfeeds and other echo chambers reinforce the prevailing thinking until we believe it to be true.
Beliefs become paradigms, which are philosophical and theoretical frameworks for life. A foundation on how you live your life. But who has said that framework x works well for you, too?
If something works for the majority, that doesn’t mean it works for you.
Traditional education and self-help do not help us in cultivating the critical thinking skills needed to reevaluate our common frameworks. We are told to change our attitude, to have a positive outlook, a good work ethic, and useful habits. When we have that, everything will turn out alright.
The problem is that a positive attitude only incrementally improves your life.
If you want to provoke profound changes in your life, you need to reevaluate your paradigms.
Scientifically, a paradigm represents a philosophical and theoretical framework of a discipline…