Change Your Mindset and Turn Lions Into Kittens. Hey everyone, I hope you are well. In today’s post, I will share some tips about changing your mindset and turning lions into kittens. It is not just our bodies that are a result of evolution. Likewise, it is also our minds and our psychology that the world has shaped that we evolved in, and that is where a lot of our most unusual behaviours come from.
Change Your Mindset and Turn Lions Into Kittens
When we were evolving, we were in far more dangerous scenarios than now, and we could never afford to take risks. Only the psychological traits that made us most likely to survive were passed on from one person to another, which means they’re the only ones that matter.
This is why we are risk-averse by nature, and it is also – unfortunately – why we spend much of our time experiencing chronic stress.
The Danger of Ambiguity
Imagine that you were in the wild, looking at the silhouette of some animal sitting on the horizon. You don’t know if that silhouette is of a lion or some kitten… what do you do?
The most appropriate solution to survive is to assume the worst. Assume it’s a lion and either freezes or runs. The people who take chances would be the most likely to get eaten and thus not pass on their personality traits!
But the problem is that we don’t see lions anymore. This is not the biggest threat to your life right now. Instead, the most significant stressors are debt, illness, relationship problems and career issues. These are the threats we face that stand ins for the lions and that we now must try and overcome if we’re going to be successful in life.
And unfortunately, we still have that tendency to assume the worst!
It’s All About Perspective
But here’s the thing: it’s actually all about perspective, and it’s all about mindset when it comes to our reaction to threats. If we think it’s a kitten, we will remain cool, calm and happy even if it is a symbolic lion.
In other words, it pays for us to reassess our situations and take control of our anxiety and stress. When we do that, we can remove the chronic anxiety that makes us perform and feel worse.
How do you turn your situations into kittens? Simple: you assess precisely why you’re afraid and whether or not there is a good reason for you to be. Likewise, you can look at contingency plans and coping mechanisms. Remember: it’s all just perspective. Change your mindset, and you change reality!
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24 Comments
Emman Damian
This is so inspirational! I believe that it’s all about perspectives and how we see it. Great article! I will share it to my friends!
littlemisadvencha
perfect! the feeling of facing what you fear and overcoming it is really fulfilling. like what the quote says “do what you are most afraid to do”, it’s good to do this at some point. it will help us grow!
FNU Chandini Sheeba
Thank you for sharing and inspiring many!
Yudith Napitupulu
These are the threats we face that are the stand-ins for the lions and that we now must try and overcome if we’re going to be successful in life.
Steven Morrissette
I do agree with you. Our instinct of survival will always go to the lion first, but now that we live in a world where lions and feral beasts or other kinds of danger are lessened we need to like you said change our mindset.
Anngelic
I just love that caption Sonia! 😀
And I do belive that you are right, as long as we set our minds to it, we can do anything!
Cindy
You are absolutely right! The battle is always in our mind and if we can conquer that we can achieve our dreams.
Dianne G
Changing our mindset is really important to give ourselves direction and be on the right track to achieve our goals and ambitions. Lovely post, thank you for sharing!
Rosey
Changing your mindset really can change reality. It’s often easier to do than we think too.
Ivana Mearns
I love the idea of comparing how you feel to lions and kittens, it’s so easy to imagine yourself as a kitten or as a lion and assess where you are quickly. Turning the mood from the kitten one to one of a lion is definitely a great skill to have.
Ebony
You’re so right! Changing one’s mindset can make you achieve things you’ve never imagined! I love your viewpoint to view “lions” as kittens. Brilliant!
Cindy
You are absolutely right! The battle is always in our mind and if we can conquer that we can achieve our dreams.
Kuntala Bhattacharya
Its a challenge to change your mindset. And once you can I think you can spend a better and beautiful life.
Bill
I think this is the most important thing anyone will ever need to remember about anything they encounter in life. Mindset is everything. We can’t control everything that happens around us or to us but we can control our reactions to it.
Marjie Mare
It really takes practice to change our mindset. I have learned to accept fear and anxiety but I no longer let them control me.
vidya
perspective and perceptions are so important.. definitely helps us so much when we make changes
Fatima T
It’s all about your mindset. It’s how you are able to achieve more in your life and change your attitude towards yourself and those around you.
Monica Simpson
Taking charge of our anxiety is so important. I never want fear to make my decisions.
Marysa
What a great comparison! It definitely is good to think out perspective and how it influences us.
Cindy
You are absolutely right! The battle is always in our mind and if we can conquer that we can achieve our dreams.
Shahira
Absolutely right about the danger of ambiguity! and no knowing what it is and hence not being aware of how to react. Thanks for the article.
Sarah Mahmoud
Everyone sees situations differently totally true
Danielle
EVERYTHING in life is about perspective. I wish more people remembered this!
Len Swegart
You’re definitely right. It’s all about perspective and how we choose to see things. Changing our mindset influences our entire being and how we approach things.