Lies We Tell Ourselves and Why They’re Killing Us

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

It’s not uncommon to feel stressed, anxious, and even fearful in today’s challenging and rapidly changing world. But we also live in an age of unprecedented access to information and opportunities for self-advancement. However, instead of focusing on what is possible now, many of us have been led to believe that we must first find our “authentic self” before we can take action towards our own betterment. Instead of focusing on finding opportunities, many people are being spoon-fed a message that believes the path to happiness lies in embracing our weakness as a strength; failure as a friend; brokenness as an opportunity for growth; and skewed statistics as proof that we live in a society where opportunity only exists for a limited few. As a result, many people are still struggling to find their authentic selves for 20 years and are no closer today than when they started. These lies have become so prevalent that they need to be identified and exposed for what they really are: Poisonous false ideologies that are killing us.

“We are born to be warriors, not worriers.”

When we were kids, we didn’t think about how we’re going to pay for retirement or the best way to budget our expenses; we were carefree, had endless energy, and were eager to tackle…