
and 135: THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU137CHAPTER 5RELE.
and 133: 134 BRIANNA WIESTto-we start to a. It already exists you justneed to know how to tap into it. If you learn to see the world and yourlife through that lens, you can create a life that reflects theintentions of that side of you. Become comfortable withvulnerability, as vulnerability precedes almost every significantpart of your life, and intentionally design yourdaily routine.Through everything, you must be thinking as your mostpowerful self would. Gradually make health improvements.Assume that everyone, and everything,has something to teach you. Next, you haveto work on simplifying your life, talking less about yourambitions, and showing more of your accomplishmentsonce they are completed. Powerful people are theones most unfazed by small disturbances and most willingto fully process and work through the big ones.Of course, this is the foundational stuff. Truly powerful people absorbwhat has happened to them and sort of metabolize it.They use it as an opportunity to learn, to develop themselves.This type of inner mental and emotional work isnon-negotiable if you want to be truly powerful.Powerful people are not the most aggressive aggression isusually a self-defense mechanism. THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU187from these experiences. You will not feelstrongly about a dream that is not part of who you mostessentially are.DO YOUR INNER WORKThis is perhaps the most important and yet most commonlyoverlooked, because it is the least comfortable.To do your inner work means to evaluate why somethingtriggered you, why something is upsetting you, what yourlife is trying to show you, and the ways you could grow
Havinga clear vision of what you want to create and accomplishis essential to finding your inner power. Most of thetime, it is at the intersection of what you are interested in,what you are good at, and what the world needs. Todo this, you have to shift from a “live for the moment” toa “live for the legacy” mindset.Your purpose is a dynamic, evolving thing. There is no path in life that you can take that will befree of resistance from others, and so it is important thatyou not only become okay with being disliked, but youanticipate it and act anyway.ACT ON PURPOSEPowerful and purposeful are one in the same.To be a truly powerful person, you need to have complete,unwavering conviction about what you want to create.