STOP Letting Other People Set the Frame for Your Own Existence
(This book I’m about to recommend will tell you what you need to know, NOT what you want to hear)
“If you think the media creates false perceptions of beauty, success, and worth, you’ve just admitted that you think the media creates reality instead of…you. If you think the politicians are ruining your life, you’re letting them set the frame for your existence.”
-Ayodeji Awosika, Real Help
No one is going to die your death for you, so why should you let other people dictate how you’re going to live your life?
Stop letting other people set the limits of your own life. Yes, there are certain “facts of life” that we can’t escape, but there is also tremendous personal freedom that comes with the knowledge that many of the things we were taught were “rules” are actually guidelines, even simply suggestions.
We need to control the frame of our own existence if we want to be free. And by “frame” I mean the boundaries or paradigm within which we operate. The “rules of our game,” so to speak. The rules and standards that we set for ourselves that guide our behaviors and shape our lives.
For an example of “frame,” consider the following:
