The Story You Tell Yourself

Your life is a function of the stories you tell yourself. Once you learn your personal narratives are not truth, they are just stories, you can begin to shape your own narrative.

Before you’re aware of your personal narratives, many of these narratives come from our environment and society. There are narratives that you inherit because of your race, your gender, your culture, and your upbringing.

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

Part of life’s journey is constantly surfacing these narratives, challenging them, and then rewriting the narrative.

Growing up, I was told that quiet Asian kids aren’t leaders. I rewrote that personal narrative.

I was told that I wasn’t a great speaker. I rewrote that personal narrative.

I was told that math and science kids couldn’t write. I rewrote that personal narrative.

Right now, I have a self-limiting belief that says I’m not one to put myself out there. I don’t like selling myself. I’m not good at marketing. I’m challenging that narrative as we speak.