Abundance

Have you ever worked with someone who tears people down in order to build themselves up? Man, I have and those people just plain suck.

It reminds me of a story of a man that wanted to have the tallest building in his city. His was the second tallest. Rather than figuring out how to make his building taller, he just tore down the tallest building. Same result but much different method.

People like that have a scarcity mindset. They compete with others and use competition exclusively as a measure of their own success. These scarcity people think that there is only so much fortune, success, fame, or recognition to go around .... and they want it all before it dries up.

An alternate mindset is an abundance mindset. Rather than competing against others, people with this mindset use their influence to complete those around them. They realize that fortune, success, fame and recognition are limitless. There is more than enough for everyone.