Start from a Position of Abundance

When I was in school, the principal once walked in and started reading out the list of marks in the classroom. He stopped after he read the highest mark and addressed the classroom, “Why can’t everyone of you take a piece of that?”

If everybody took a piece of that, there wouldn’t be anything left, I found myself thinking.

Recently, I read Linchpin by Seth Godin and one section resonated with me, where he writes,

Stop settling for what’s good enough and start creating art that matters. Stop asking what’s in it for you and start giving gifts that change people. Then, and only then, will you have achieved your potential.

I remembered that particular incident from school and my immediate reaction to it, and how that reaction came from a position of scarcity. If I reacted from a position of abundance, I would have had enough self-confidence to believe that there’s more where that came from.

That’s why I write. A lot. And then share. A lot.

I don’t interact with many people in real life. I don’t get a chance to touch the lives of others, or give them the gift of my company [because I don’t even believe it’s a gift, but rather a huge burden].

But I try to touch lives through my writing, and help them think differently about the world around them.

What gifts do you like to give away?

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