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What does it mean?
Your mental state shapes your experience of reality.
In plain terms
Your mind makes your world.
What can you take from it?
Change your mind to change your world.

Where it applies

  • self-reflection
  • emotional struggle

Putting it to work

  • reframe thoughts
  • cultivate mindset

Questions to consider

  • How does your mind color your world?
  • What can you control?

Another view

External factors also shape reality.

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