Some breakthroughs begin with refusing to accept the available options as the only options.

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WHAT THIS MEANS

The available options are a list someone else assembled, usually for reasons that have nothing to do with your situation. Treating it as exhaustive is a habit rather than a conclusion, and a great deal of progress comes from people who simply declined to accept the menu.

When you dislike all your choices, spend an hour looking for a fourth one before deciding. Ask who made the list and whether it is actually complete. Frequently it is not.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

Which set of choices were you handed and never questioned?

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