Daily Yogi: A Podcast to Expand Your Perspective on Life
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Daily Yogi: A Podcast to Expand Your Perspective on Life
As Real As You Make Them
Change your perspective, and you change your possibilities.
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The coaches shook their heads. The doctors had been clear. The trainers whispered among themselves. A legally blind teenager walking onto the University of Tulsa football field? Impossible.
But there he stood, helmet in hand, ready to prove them wrong.
He couldn't see the field clearly. The yard markers blurred together. Opposing players appeared as shadowy figures until they were nearly on top of him. Every practice brought new challenges that his teammates took for granted.
But Aaron refused to accept their verdict. What others saw as his greatest weakness, he transformed into his greatest strength.
While his teammates relied on their eyes, he sharpened his other senses. He memorized every play through sound and touch. He developed an uncanny ability to anticipate movement through vibration in the ground. His focus became laser-sharp because distraction wasn't an option.
The transformation was in his perspective.
Instead of asking "What can't I do?" he asked "What can I do better than anyone else?" Instead of focusing on the darkness, he illuminated his other gifts. Instead of seeing limitation, he saw opportunity.
He became the first legally blind person to play Division I football. But more importantly, he discovered that the biggest disability in life is not what you can't see. It's a bad attitude.
That teenager was Aaron Golub, who went on to become a successful entrepreneur and speaker. His story embodies the roguish wisdom of Captain Jack Sparrow, who once proclaimed with a knowing grin: "The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem."
The field was the same for everyone. The rules were the same. The only difference was how he chose to see his circumstances. He transformed his greatest obstacle into his competitive advantage through pure attitude shift.
Remember that your limitations are only as real as you make them. Change your perspective, and you change your possibilities.
