Ever feel like you’re running on a treadmill, exerting effort but going nowhere? Success seems to play hide-and-seek, leaving you questioning your abilities. Before you spiral into self-doubt, consider this: maybe it’s not you, it’s your environment.
Our surroundings shape our mindset, opportunities, and life outlook. Sometimes, the key to success is stepping out of your comfort zone and embracing change.
Take Warby Parker, for instance. The founders left their stable jobs to pursue a risky venture in eyewear. By changing their environment, they revolutionized an industry.
As anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson noted, “The timing of death, like the ending of a story, gives a changed meaning to what preceded it.”
Your current environment isn’t your story’s end. It’s just a chapter. Are you ready to turn the page and write a new one?
