79 Years Smarter: Changing The Way You Think

By Jay Lambert

Do you feel confident, capable, and ready for life's challenges?  If that is how you see yourself, then this book is not for you. But if you have doubt about yourself and feel inadequate when compared to those around you, then this book could change your life. To question our capability when contrasted against others is normal. Whether you are in your youth when it seems life goes on forever, or if you have decades of scars and successes, failings, or fortune  — every one of the following stories is written to give you more direct access to the path toward happiness by applying an altered viewpoint to your reality. Each story shines a light on a different facet of why no one should see themselves as inferior. Everyone fails. All of us do stupid things, and much of what I've written is about my mistaken moments. Some are embarrassing, but that’s OK. This series of four books is the medicine that can cure the wildly destructive belief, “I’m not smart enough to try”.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Publishdrive
• Release date: Jan 13, 2023

Book preview

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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 learned to fear spiders (especially those with a red hourglass on their bellies.) As it was with Debbie, so it is with us. All our lives include black widow moments.

In our childhoods, we were taught fear by those giants around us. Most of these fears were 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 many of us end up with minds stuffed with thoughts that provide no inspiration and support an illusion of incompetence.

Yes, 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 never give, the attractive person we don’t approach, and the questions we fail to ask, all because of our inner voice that whispers: Don’t embarrass yourself. They are all smarter than you. Thus, we are condemned to mediocrity by listening to these negative voices. This does not have to be. My intent in writing these 4 books is to change your voice to: Yes, I can make it happen. I can do this. So, let’s proceed with finding the real you.

Oh, what happened to Debbie? When her father approached, his reaction was surprising. Feeling compassion towards the spider for not biting his daughter, he scooped it up with a piece of paper and deposited it on the far corner of his acre-sized lot.

Chapter 1