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Why The Story You Tell About Your Life Is Vital!

by Mastin Kipp on December 13, 2011

OK! Day 4 of Date With Destiny – with Tony Robbins is here! :O)

Yesterday Tony was talking about how powerful the story we tell ourselves is in influencing our lives. In reality we are all storytellers and the story we tell about our lives is what we believe, and then we act on what we believe and those actions create a result that continues to reinforce and backup our story! Crazy cycle right?

Tony asked a funny and also profound question yesterday. We were talking about the movie “Titanic” as a reference. He was joking around and said “If you saw “Titanic” 3 times a day for 10 years, every day, how would you feel?” Obviously, with a sad ending like that, most of us would probably not be jumping up and down for joy. We’d probably be sad, perhaps a little hopeless and feel like we’ve missed out on life and or love.

Tony asked, “Do you wanna go see a shitty movie 10,000 times?” and obviously the answer is no. But – wait a minute – what about the movie, or the “story” that you tell yourself about what your life is like? What is that story like? Is it empowering? Is it awesome? Is it inspiring? Or is it shitty and sad? And how many times a day do we tell ourselves these stories?

ALL THE TIME! So, we are watching and reacting to the story we are telling ourselves about our lives and then producing that result. What story are you telling yourself about your life?

Mine used to be a dark tragic love story about unrequited love. No one would love me. I’m not worthy of it and even if I was, it would be taken from me. I was the kind of unrequited love – until I started to love my real self and then act accordingly. Now my story is a sci-fi epic love story of challenges met and thresholds crossed.

It can change in an instant when we realize we are the writer, director and producer of our lives.

So my friend – what story is your life? A horror? A comedy? A dark tragic unrequited love story? Is it a story of love lost and never regained? Is it an epic? A horror film? Is it a romantic comedy? What story is your life? And can you see how YOU are choosing to tell it?

If you don’t like the story of your life, what NEW story would you like to tell and act on daily? Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired? Do you REALLY want change? Are you ready to experience epic love? Awesome abundance? What new story would you have to tell about your past? Would you have to give up on a better past, knowing that it’s impossible to change? Would you have to take responsibility for your life?

What is your new story? And as a result, what new character would YOU have to become to be the hero of this story?

As Tony says, change your story – change your life (for the better or worse). So, what story would YOU like to tell?

Let me know: WhatImGoingThru@TheDailyLove.com

I’m in the seminar 12 hours or more a day through Wednesday, so it might take me a few days to get back to you, but I will!

Love and happy storytelling!

Mastin

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Mastin Kipp is the CEO and Founder of The Daily Love. Follow him on Twitter here. Take what resonates with you in this blog and leave the rest.

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  • SerenityCourageWisdom

    I love this post! It speaks loudly to me. I recently read in a book by Judith Orloff that “when you set out to pull your life together, expect it to fall apart.” That happened for me. I set out to live my life with more purpose and truly discover myself and find a way to love what I found.

    My world collapsed around me because I realized that the foundation for the life I had built was based on expectations  instead of true intentions. And until I read that quote, I was having a major pity party for what my life had become. I no longer had the possessions I once had. I no longer had the “perfect” relationship and the “perfect” group of friends. I was struggling, and feeling pain and hurt. Life was no longer “perfect” and because of that, I was telling myself a sob story. A story of loss.

    But that quote made me realize it didn’t have to be. It made me realize that I was still dealing with expectations in a big way. Life’s not supposed to be ‘easy’, because I had that…and I was bored, and miserable and lonely. I chose this path for a reason. What if my story could be an awesome story of someone who gave up everything to have a life of true purpose and happiness. A life built around love. Literally, from that moment forward, I started telling myself a different story and I cannot tell you what a difference it has made. I’ve started to appreciate where I’m at and see my life as an opportunity and see the courage it took for me to uproot myself and make a BIG change at a time in my life well after  I was “supposed” to.

    Thank you, Mastin. What a great reminder to us all that the stories we tell ourselves, good or bad, are true. I’ve decided to choose an awesome story!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Luna-Raven/100001886527953 Luna Raven

    I love the way you put this way to look at our lives. I spent a year writing a blog series on growing up mixed race in a small white town and having siblings who were not. Many people could not understand the relevance of what I was saying. But there were so many people who understood, who felt the same and were so grateful that I had spoken up and they felt less alone. And I had the chance to get some serious issues out, worked through so I could come out on the other side and say what I really need to: My life has had some seriously rough roads. But I am so loved and I love so much. I don’t know that I honestly could have appreciated it if I hadn’t bee where I was.

  • Anna

    “What new story would you have to tell about your past?”

    WOW. Now that’s a question that sings to me. Even though we live in the Now, the past’s influence on perceptions is undeniable. I’m specualting that the question, and the answering of it, would cause a shift in those perceptions. I’m going to start re-writing the story of my past and turn it into something that gives me a more positive perception of my past.

    Thanks Mastin!

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