Before you say “I can’t”, you pass by “I can.”
When I first learned this simple statement from Gay Hendricks, I have to be honest, it didn’t stick. It seemed too easy to say, and too hard to implement. Could I really just choose to think “I can” over “I can’t?” I thought about that for some time. It finally clicked for me when I added two words: because and if. So, for me this simple statement now reads like this:
Before you say “I can’t because”, you pass by “I can if.”
This thought process has worked for me in business, and in life.
In times of struggle or doubt, turn your focus from the obstacles to success and instead focus on the means to overcome the obstacles.
