"What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality - Plutarch"
I was busy over the weekend so this post was a bit late. As usual, I was playing pickleball. There was a session to try some new courts and the cool part was that this place was about a ten minute walk from my house. There was around fifty people for this session and the host had all 7 courts booked.
Anyways today, I want to talk about the quote by Plutarch mentioned below the group photo from the pickleball session. It's a short quote but has a deep meaning and it's relatable to everyone. I will share my interpretation of it and feel free to add on or argue my interpretation in the comments.
For me, I feel this quote is about looking at ourself. It's more focused towards a mental state and for me this is geared more towards knowledge and mindset. I believe achieving knowledge is one of the ways to change the "outer reality". Those that lack the knowledge are usually stuck poor and this can be proven if we see the education to income ratio. Even though some people don't get an education, they still have knowledge in certain things that made them successful. This could vary from social media skills, networking skills and the list goes on and on. With certain knowledge, doors can be opened and there will be more opportunities there that can help change a person's life.
Then there's the mindset. I believe achieving a great mindset can dramatically change the outer reality. I feel mindset can be very broad but it can be broken down into two main categories: positive and negative. Both of these mindsets affect people whether they like it or not. Personally for me, I try my best to have a positive mindset. Honestly, I used to be a bit of a negative Nancy when I was younger but I've started to look at the bright side of things as I got older. A better mindset can give out positive vibes, attract positive people and most of the time have good endings where as a negative one just does the very opposite. For example, if a person goes in thinking they won't do well or fail, they will most likely fail as they are already projecting the outcome in their mind. Instead, the person should be positive and do their best and if they don't do well, they will keep going at it until they succeed. If we look around, a lot of the successful people had a positive mindset; there's no way they got where they are today being negative. Some of these people had the worst situations but they used that to fuel their drive towards success.