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This was a recent post in the Unscripted Text Network and definitely needs its own thread here.<br />
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Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> backed you into a corner of doing nothing?<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> filtered out thousands of good, life-changing business ideas into no ideas?<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> stopped you from grinding into a new person and learning new skills?<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> kept you on the couch, lamenting about how you don't have an ideas?<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> kept YOU the same this year, like last year, and the year before that?<br />
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An entrepreneur on the INSIDER forum recently complained that he couldn't identify any ideas.<br />
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After a few questions, it become clear why. The entrepreneur had a <b>ME-BIAS.</b><br />
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In neuroscience, your reticular activating system (RAS) is basically a form of confirmation bias to see what your brain has prioritized into its consciousness. For example, if you buy a new car, you'll suddenly see that car everywhere. If you believe X, your brain will start to see evidence of X being true.<br />
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This same concept applies to business opportunities.<br />
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People who complain about "not seeing ideas" have a selfish, narrow-minded <b>ME-BIAS</b> and their RAS does the rest.<br />
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Instead of thinking, "<b><i>What can my business do for the world? Or my community?</i></b>" they errantly think "<i><b>What can this business do for me?</b></i>"<br />
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<b>The ME-BIAS.</b><br />
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Opportunities must tightly fit into their tiny box of <b>me</b>, <b>me</b>, and <b>me</b>, often relating to loves, passions, interests, and personal desires. It's a limited internal focus vs a broader market viewpoint. In the end, opportunities are limitedly filtered through the <b>ME-BIAS</b>, creating very limited ideas for life-changing pursuits.<br />
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Well it's no shock you can't find an idea when you've backed yourself into a corner of having that idea meet your <b>ME-BIAS</b>.<br />
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When you drop a <b>ME-BIAS</b>, suddenly the world opens up to you, <b>and opportunities are everywhere.</b><br />
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In my community, I know I could start a landscaping company and immediately earn five figures monthly simply by executing better. If I had a <b>ME-BIAS</b>, a landscape maintenance business would NOT be seen as an opportunity. And yet if I was just getting started as an entrepreneur, <u>running that business for 3 or 4 years could change my life, financial-wise, leadership-wise, hiring-wise, management-wise, and for so many other opportunities for personal development.</u><br />
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In the ultimate irony, dropping your ME-BIAS ends up indirectly serving you ... <b>you do indeed feed the ME.</b>
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</blockquote>Great post. <br />
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This was a recent post in the Unscripted Text Network and definitely needs its own thread here.<br />
<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> backed you into a corner of doing nothing?<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> filtered out thousands of good, life-changing business ideas into no ideas?<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> stopped you from grinding into a new person and learning new skills?<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> kept you on the couch, lamenting about how you don't have an ideas?<br />
Has your <b>ME-BIAS</b> kept YOU the same this year, like last year, and the year before that?<br />
<br />
An entrepreneur on the INSIDER forum recently complained that he couldn't identify any ideas.<br />
<br />
After a few questions, it become clear why. The entrepreneur had a <b>ME-BIAS.</b><br />
<br />
In neuroscience, your reticular activating system (RAS) is basically a form of confirmation bias to see what your brain has prioritized into its consciousness. For example, if you buy a new car, you'll suddenly see that car everywhere. If you believe X, your brain will start to see evidence of X being true.<br />
<br />
This same concept applies to business opportunities.<br />
<br />
People who complain about "not seeing ideas" have a selfish, narrow-minded <b>ME-BIAS</b> and their RAS does the rest.<br />
<br />
Instead of thinking, "<b><i>What can my business do for the world? Or my community?</i></b>" they errantly think "<i><b>What can this business do for me?</b></i>"<br />
<br />
<b>The ME-BIAS.</b><br />
<br />
Opportunities must tightly fit into their tiny box of <b>me</b>, <b>me</b>, and <b>me</b>, often relating to loves, passions, interests, and personal desires. It's a limited internal focus vs a broader market viewpoint. In the end, opportunities are limitedly filtered through the <b>ME-BIAS</b>, creating very limited ideas for life-changing pursuits.<br />
<br />
Well it's no shock you can't find an idea when you've backed yourself into a corner of having that idea meet your <b>ME-BIAS</b>.<br />
<br />
When you drop a <b>ME-BIAS</b>, suddenly the world opens up to you, <b>and opportunities are everywhere.</b><br />
<br />
In my community, I know I could start a landscaping company and immediately earn five figures monthly simply by executing better. If I had a <b>ME-BIAS</b>, a landscape maintenance business would NOT be seen as an opportunity. And yet if I was just getting started as an entrepreneur, <u>running that business for 3 or 4 years could change my life, financial-wise, leadership-wise, hiring-wise, management-wise, and for so many other opportunities for personal development.</u><br />
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In the ultimate irony, dropping your ME-BIAS ends up indirectly serving you ... <b>you do indeed feed the ME.</b>
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</blockquote>This post is so profound it is absolutely unbelievable! The ME-BIAS doesn’t only affect our business life, it affects every single area of our lives. It affects our baseline level of happiness, our relationships, AND our own health. <br />
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We selfishly think: “How can this business make <b>ME</b> a lot of money? How can <b>I</b> impress that person and stroke <b>MY</b> ego? What can <b>I</b> buy so that people can see how much money <b>I</b> make? How can <b>I</b> not embarrass <b>MYSELF</b>?” <br />
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What all these process have in common is everything must revolve around <b>ME</b>. Once we leave this ME-BIAS and start focusing on what we can give, on what others want, then we leave so much suffering behind. <br />
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Since we no longer need anything from anyone, we feel fulfilled. Our cortisol levels go down because we start to live in abundance rather than <b>scarcity</b>. Since our stress levels decreased and bodies start to enter into a state of HEALTH, HEALING and HAPPINESS.<br />
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We live in abundance and are constantly looking to give. We are the first to smile at a stranger. We’re the first to crack a joke and be positive. When we make a social mistake we don’t care about being embarrassed, because it’s not about <b>ME</b> anymore. We make the right choices in our business because it’s not about <b>ME</b> and now it’s about the <i>customer</i>. <br />
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Leaving the ME-BIAS behind isn’t easy, but it can be done. I still have a long way to go. However, life is becoming much more enjoyable because of this mindset shift. Thanks for this post MJ.</div>
