I said to myself, I am tired of the victim voice speaking from within me.
I asked myself, How can I move from “If then” Thinking to “What If” Thinking?

I connect deeply with culture. Cultural and spiritual practices give more meaning to my life. I am constantly giving time to understand their relevance in today’s chaotic world around us.

While the busyness of building our businesses and competing personal priorities continue, there is one particular family conversation – how can we simplify our lives? This conversation would come up every time, we are pressed for time. And I felt uncomfortable and sometimes guilty, If I was imposing these expectations on my family.

One day in the midst of such a conversation, the coach within me asked,

How can we move from “If then” Thinking to “What If” Thinking?

Everyone around me was silent and thinking. While reflecting silently, someone asked, If not this, What will we be doing Now?
And, it dawned to all of us, that it is important we give time to things that matter most in the long run.

If the coach within did not stand out to get the “if then” and “what If” thinking, we may perhaps still continue to have many of these conversations.

And so life continues….

If then means Fixed mindset, Constraint, Solving for the Present.
What If means Growth mindset, Visualising the possibility for the future.

How can the Coach within each one of us change the outcome?