Ep4: If You Don’t Win Here, You Lose Everywhere
It Starts In Your Mind: Win the Battle Within
What if the most important fight in your life isn’t around you — but inside you?
Picture this: you wake up one day to discover an invisible enemy in your home. You can’t see it. You can’t hear it. But it slowly poisons your food, pollutes your water, and rewires how you think.
Sounds terrifying, right?
Here’s the truth: that enemy already exists. But it’s not outside — it’s in your mind.
🧠 Your Mind Is the Gate — And You Are the Gatekeeper
“As a person thinks in their heart, so are they.”
This ancient proverb isn’t just about having random thoughts. The original language reveals that "think" means to calculate, to weigh, to guard — like a gate.
Think about a gate at your house. It decides what gets in and what stays out. Your mind works the same way.
You are the one standing at the entrance. Every thought — fear, doubt, purpose, truth — is knocking. And you hold the key.
You don’t become what happens to you. You become what you allow to take root in your mind.
🚬 Beliefs Shape Reality
Let me show you just how powerful belief is:
In parts of the world, young elephants are tied to a heavy rope and a stake. As babies, they tug and pull but can't break free. Eventually, they stop trying.
And even when they grow into massive adults strong enough to pull trees from the ground — they still don’t break away.
Not because the rope holds them back. But because the belief does.
That’s how many of us live — not bound by circumstances, but by the belief that we can't change.
🔍 Your Mindset Is a Lens, Not Just a Thought
Your mindset is more than a thought. It’s the internal lens that filters everything in your world.
It determines how you interpret challenges, setbacks, and opportunities.
"You move in the direction of your strongest thoughts."
If your mindset is rooted in fear, even opportunities look like threats. But if it’s grounded in truth and purpose, even challenges look like growth.
And the good news? Mindsets aren’t fixed. They’re formed — and they can be reformed.
⚖️ The Wolf You Feed
You may have heard the old Cherokee proverb:
"Inside you, two wolves are always fighting. One is fear and shame. The other is peace and truth. The one that wins? The one you feed."
But there’s more.
Feeding one wolf doesn’t just make it stronger — it rewires your brain.
Enter Marcus.
He defaulted to "I'm not good enough" every time something went wrong. That thought loop carved ruts in his mind.
Then he changed the pattern: every morning, he wrote down one truth.
"I’m not stuck — I’m becoming."
"Peace is a choice."
At first, it felt forced. But repetition builds roads. His mind began to follow new grooves — not fear, but hope.
You can do the same.
🔄 Feed Your Mind What You Want Your Life to Grow Into
"Whatever is true, noble, right, pure… think on these things."
That’s not just wisdom — that’s neuroscience.
Garbage in? Garbage out. Truth in? Transformation out.
Try this simple exercise:
Write down the top 3 thoughts you dwell on daily.
Ask: Are they lifting me up or weighing me down?
Replace what’s toxic. Rehearse what’s true.
Your mindset is either a prison or a pathway. You get to choose which one it becomes.
🌟 Final Thought
You don’t have to live by default. You can live by design.
You are the gatekeeper of your mind. You hold the key.
It starts in your head — but it will shape your heart, your habits, and your life.
Choose well.
From Episode 4 of The Unshakable Edge Podcast: "It Starts In Your Mind"
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