One of the major problems I’ve been seeing over and over again in businesses of many kinds is the problem of scaling without dealing with the limiting beliefs of greed and selfishness.
Limiting beliefs are exactly that: beliefs which limit you from greater influence and success, and no amount of external resources you gather or people you ‘help’ is going to suddenly make those limitations disappear. It’s only the moment you realize them, and take consistent action to improve them, that regardless of what level you’re at, your growth skyrockets.
One example of a limiting mindset resulting in greed is “scarcity” or believing something is a “zero-sum game” where in order for one side to win, the other must lose.
The reason this is limiting should be obvious, because it makes the winner as only one side, instead of both. If someone believes in this fallacy, they make choices that disadvantage the other person, thinking it’s the only way to improve their own success, when there is an entire world of possibilities just outside their viewpoint, waiting to be found and utilized.
The cause for this limitation is a lack of perspective in one of two ways
- Contextual: the person hasn’t yet realized the potential opportunities just outside of the small context they’re currently thinking about, and once they notice those opportunities, they understand just how available they really are to help them win without needing to take from the other side
- Temporal: the person isn’t yet considering the time-frames beyond the short-term situation they’re currently in, and once they begin seeing more clearly the future compound and network effects down the line (negative and positive) of any choice they make, it’s incredible how quickly that realization changes their mindset to the long game that, even if it sacrifices the present, actually benefits them and everyone else even more, down-the-line
By expanding your thinking beyond your current situation, both contextually and temporally, you start to realize just how many more amazing, profitable, and ethical opportunities are just outside your awareness, and are actually even easier to pursue.
But I could be completely wrong about everything I just said. Am I spouting absolute garbage, or what do you think?