Have you ever talked yourself out of doing something important? If so, then our guest today may make that impossible for you to do, next time. Christopher Ancona is an expert in helping others see the limitations they are putting on themselves. And when I discovered his work, I absolutely had to share it here on the Conspiracy of Goodness Podcast. His work made me think that each of us has some vast pool of potential just waiting to break open, if only we could shift our way of thinking in a few key areas.  Emotions are fickle, feathers tossed by a tornado Declaring who we are with the idea of “we are human being” We are human beings and not human doings There’s a lot of things that could happen with all the things that  we have We can work on changing our actions if we have a solid base Ever since we were born we make declarations Declaration of being A lot of times people can get lost S-P-I-C-Y Matthew Lieberman BOOK: Born to Run by Christopher Mcdougall What do you put in your mind? The next five seconds The Patrick’s Rule Be with what so BOOK: The Alignment Quotient  BOOK: The Top Five Regrets of the Dying by Bronnie Ware Volunteer at Trails Edge They are who they are despite their situation and circumstances  Happiness: Given or Created BOOK: Happiness by Ricard Matthieu BOOK: The Monk and the Philosopher by Jean-François Revel, Matthieu Ricard Happiness is a state of being BOOK: Deep Survival by Laurence Gonzales  BOOK: Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl “Should” concept The Alignment Quotient The Alignment Quotient YT Channel