Abundance Mindset: A leader in making.
As a 9month old child, I took my first steps over uttering a word that signifies the move of a leader. From my childhood, I have tended to lead like a leader, not a follower. As an avid explorer, I vouch for and believe in the abundance mindset. An abundance mindset with the worldview that there are enough resources and successes for all to share. This worldview is contrasted with a scarcity mindset, the idea that there isn’t enough to go around and that each person must guard their accomplishments or resources against others.
I came across these terms while reading Stephen Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” and as a teenager, had I read the other book, “Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teen” by Sean Covey as well. Ever since the introduction, it has left an impeccable remark regarding the progressive mindset to my approach with my complacent nature and an insatiable appetite to learn. I like to have a circle of self-nourishing people who are oceans of motivation and wisdom. When I equate it with the quote that I am the average of 5 people I surround myself with, I like to be amongst those in a room with a myriad of creative ideas and intellectual sharings since if I stay in the room where I am the smartest, then I find that room wrong for me. As quoted by Eleanor Roosevelt: “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people.” I genuinely believe that the pie we have set for ourselves determines how our thirst and hunger for knowledge and wisdom are fed to discuss the ideas. The triumph behind testing the waters filled with glory and achievement was my childhood, and learning has always been my first love.
The Abundance Mentality flows out of a deep inner sense of personal worth and security. It is the paradigm that there is plenty out there and enough to spare for everybody. It results in sharing of prestige, recognition, profits, decision making, and joy. It opens possibilities, options, alternatives, and creativity. The abundance mindset helps me recognize the unlimited possibilities for positive interactive growth and development, creating new options. There are always new opportunities emerging. I have grown into my accomplishments, and there are more to come. And turns it outward, appreciating the uniqueness, the inner direction, the proactive nature of others. Resounded by striving for better, I developed my affection for different zeal for learning. This keen interest in equipping knowledge and broadening wisdom encouraged me to excel in several endeavors at a young age.
The success of others is proof that achievement in this area is possible and is an inspiration for my future success. Shared successes help me build more robust networks and tighter teams that can more effectively accomplish goals. The sky is the limit, and I am in the driver’s seat, finding no boundaries to transcend. New opportunities arise every day. If I’m not looking for them, I could see a character-rich in integrity, maturity, and the Abundance Mentality has a genuineness that goes far beyond technique, or lack of it, in human interaction. It has always benefited me in seeking, if not creating, opportunities if one doesn’t open the other. I always embody the collective learning and sharing that leads me to as a team player with the essence of unity and empathy.
“Most people are deeply scripted in a scarcity mentality. They see life as having only so much, as though there were only one pie out there, and if someone were to get a big piece of the pie, it would mean less for everybody else. The Scarcity Mentality is the zero-sum paradigm of life. People with a Scarcity Mentality have a tough time sharing recognition and credit, power, or profit — even with those who help in the production. They also have a tough time being genuinely happy for other people’s successes — even, and sometimes especially, members of their own family or close friends and associates. It’s almost as if something is being taken from them when someone else receives special recognition or windfall gain or has remarkable success or achievement.
