Take a moment to think about this: what is the story you continue to tell yourself that stops you from reaching your greatest heights? This story embodies the ideas that have shaped you into a person who doesn’t have the things you want.

Let’s go a layer deeper: How did you become the person who doesn’t have the things they want?

It’s time to lift the hood, dismantle this narrative, and re-engineer yourself into a rocket. In my book EndGamers, I provide the entire blueprint for this transformation. For now, the information I am providing will not only get your engine revving but also fuel your journey. Understand the following:

Your ability, capability, and potential are activated by your belief. In fact, you cannot outperform what you believe is possible. This is why the cornerstone of my work is helping you alleviate the resistance points you have constructed yourself. Bear with me and understand this: even if your limitations stem from the remarks of parents or past experiences, you are the only one sustaining that narrative. It’s time to stop gaslighting yourself and unlock your limitless potential.

Here’s a great story to drive the point home:

A business executive sat on a park bench, head buried in his hands. His company was in financial trouble, and he could see no way out. Creditors were breathing down his neck. Suppliers demanded payment. Bankruptcy loomed. He looked up to find an old man standing in front of him.

“Something must be troubling you,” the old man said.

After hearing the businessman’s plight, the old man responded, “I believe I can help you.”

After asking his name, the mysterious visitor filled out a cheque and insisted the businessman take it, saying, “Use it as you need. Meet me back here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back.” He turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. When the business executive looked, he held a cheque for $500,000, bearing the signature of business tycoon John D. Rockefeller.

“This is unbelievable! My money worries have been erased in an instant,” he thought.

But instead of using the money, he put the uncashed cheque in his safe. The executive had a sense that just knowing it was there might give him the courage to find a way to save his business. With a new spirit of optimism, he negotiated arrangements with his creditors. He closed several large deals.

Within a few months, he had turned things around and was making money once again. Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with the uncashed cheque. Right on time, the old man showed up. But just as the executive was about to hand back the cheque and share his success story, a nurse ran up, and taking hold of the old man, said, “I’m so glad I caught him!”

“I hope he hasn’t been bothering you,” she explained to the astonished executive. “He’s always escaping from the rest home and telling people he’s John D. Rockefeller.” She lovingly led the old man away.

The executive stood speechless. For the entire year, he had been confidently closing deals right and left, convinced he had half a million dollars to fall back on. It dawned on him that it wasn’t the money, real or imagined, that had turned his business around. It was his newfound self-confidence that empowered him to achieve whatever he wanted. Belief triumphs over doubt.

This fable tells a compelling truth: realise that the cavalry you are waiting for is within you. The knight in shining armour is reflecting at you each time you look in the mirror. It is time to become the hero in your own life. Bringing that hero to the surface means cultivating self-reliance.