How to Become Who You Are

“Who are you?” is the fundamental question of your identity, and your identity is a collection of stories that you are telling or that others are telling about you. Everyone is a collection of stories, and not everyone’s story begins in a positive place.

Many stories begin in a place of hurt or trauma.

Others have a more ordinary story, which can be profound in its own way. I’m a … [husband / wife / doctor / construction worker.]

Some let their stories limit themselves in ways they aren’t even away of. A friend once told me he wasn’t able to sell, because, “I’m British, and that’s not what we do.”

He had a story about being British. That wasn’t his story. It was a story someone else told him, and this story stopped him from living as he liked.

What if you could re-write your stories? What if you could turn painful memories into sources of power?

You can, and in fact many already have.

Gorilla Mindset was a major success, and it’s has a long-awaited sequel on the way.

The Story of I – Rewriting Your Personal Story

In front of a live studio audience in Los Angeles, we filmed our best material on mindset, story telling, and reinvention.

The Story of I – Rewriting Your Personal Story reinforces the most important lessons of Gorilla Mindset, and then takes you on an entirely different journey.

The Story of I comes from my obsession with understanding and explaining human consciousness, and is a tip of the hat to one of the most influential books I’ve read – The Mind’s I.

There’s a concept in The Mind’s I and Gödel, Escher, Bach known as a strange loop.

What is a strange loop and what does it have to do with mindset? You’ll find out in The Story of I.

Although The Story of I is serious work, we also have to manage some fun.

I even answered one of the most frequently asked questions: What is Gorilla Mindset and why did you name that your book?

The Story of I is broken into 18 parts.

PART 1 – INTRODUCTION
1. “Stop Worrying”
2. The Strange Loop
3. What is Mindset?
4. Childhood
5. The Click and The Snap

PART 2 – MINDSET APPLIED
6. The Power of Self Talk
7. Focus and Framing
8. Mindfulness

PART 3 – MINDSET EXPLORED
9. Vision
10. Lifestyle
11. Skill
12. Story
13. Identity
14. Money

PART 4: AUDIENCE Q&A
15. What does Gorilla Mindset mean?
16. How Do You Physically Re-Write Memories?
17. What if everyone believes they can shape reality?
18. How do you pick yourself up out of being down?