Dr. Rangan Chatterjee

Say, do I like how I am with this belief or do I prefer the one where I can judge everyone?

That's right.

I go, I wouldn't be like them.

I can't believe they think this way.

The other one that I've chosen to adopt, there's many more, but the two that come to mind are, life is not happening to me, it's happening for me.

Love that one.

Love it.

Again, it just helps me.

It's like whenever, you know, it's this idea that every experience really, or most experiences, are really neutral.

Mm-hmm.

It's the story we put onto them that determines the outcome they have on our life.

And so if I look at life as happening for me, not to me, it's like, oh, how now is this adverse experience helping me?

There was a reason for that.

What am I going to learn here?

Is it fact?

Are there any beliefs you have chosen to adopt in your life through the writing of this book?

Oh my goodness, where do we start?

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