Are You Dumb?: Yes You are, But so is Everyone Else, #3

By Jay Lambert

The purpose of this book is to empower our conscious minds to realize that the fears we feel are no different than what those around us experience. Living in the over-fished waters of criticism, we don't have to hobble ourselves with "I'm not capable enough, smart enough, or educated enough." Instead, recognize that we become what we choose to believe, These books contain dozens of personal stories, showing how we can develop the confidence and clear-thinking that is the essence of not feeling dumb. My breakthrough came from a new perspective. I learned that most people are just as concerned as I am about their intelligence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Grumpy Grampa Publishing
• Release date: Aug 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9798201985905

Book preview

Introduction

Welcome! If you are listening to my book’s audio version, you are hearing the author’s voice. If you are reading this from the internet, you have access to ten links, twelve videos, and seventy-seven photos that will provide information that will educate, entertain you with examples of the subjects discussed. I encourage you to take the time to visit these sites.

Opening

The author with "pet lion."

Three-year-old Debbie sat on the back porch, playing with a black widow spider. She rolled it back and forth, fearless in her ignorance. Fear is a learned response, and at this point in her life, Debbie had not yet been taught about spiders (especially those with a red hourglass on their bellies.) As it was with Debbie, so it is with all of us. Everyone’s life includes black widow moments.

In our childhood, we were taught fear by those giants around us. Most of these fears are beneficial; don’t talk to strangers, look both ways before crossing a street, and do not play with spiders. However, some of these beliefs do a lifetime of harm. Much of how we perceive ourselves comes from the poorly thought-out feedback from two sources: As children, those we respected, and as adults, those we trust. The result is that we end up with minds stuffed with thoughts that provide no inspiration, and support the illusion of incompetence.

How we define ourselves has a profound effect on our lives. To view our ability as limited means we will wrongly live a mediocre life. The speech we didn’t give, the attractive person