One of the most signifiant aspects regarding right/left brain distinctions is that in addition to the inherent processing preferences and capabilities, the way you process information (as well as the information you even notice) is impacted by your education and enculturation. In other words you’ve learned both what information to pay attention to, and how to make sense of that information. The way you do this determines what information you will take action on and what action you will take.

“What you pay attention to, and the way you pay attention to it, is the basis for the results and outcomes you produce in the world.” 

Progressive and Mr. Lewis illustrate how 10Xers shine when clobbered by setbacks and misfortune, turning bad luck into good results. They use difficulty as a catalyst to deepen purpose, recommit to values, increase discipline, respond with creativity and heighten productive paranoia — translating fear into extensive preparation and calm, clearheaded action. Resilience, not luck, is the signature of greatness.

Nietzsche wrote, “What does not kill me, makes me stronger.” We all get bad luck. The question is how to use it to turn it into “one of the best things that ever happened,” to not let it become a psychological prison.

A Signpost on the Path
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It probably goes without saying that this was a profound transformation moment for me … and surely it was that. While there were literally months of deep personal work I was engaged in leading up to this moment, in an instant I found myself surrendering to the transformation I was in the midst of experiencing … and it was as if my skin broke open and released me from the illusions I had held up until the moment regarding what it would be like to be myself completely.

Sometimes you’ve just got to take stock of where you are and if you are not where you want to be take the steps to get to where you want.

A good Irish ex-doctor friend of mine always used to say that sometimes you just can’t get there from here…

So how do you get to where you want to be going if you can’t start from where you are?

The answer is easy when you really think about it, though you may have to REALLY THINK about it because it’s very counter-intuitive.

The trick is you have to ask someone else, someone who is already at where you want to go, where you want to be. And even though their path may not be your path they have the ability to look back from where they currently are to where you are and see what you can’t see because they’ve made the journey already.