Returning to a beginner's mind?

Do you ever wonder what the famous coaching skill of 🅱🅴🅶🅸🅽🅽🅴🆁’🆂 🅼🅸🅽🅳 really means?

I do — as often as I can.


Today, while preparing lunch, I caught myself thinking: “I don’t know what the next step is.” And the anxiety was already building in my stomach.
I sat down for a moment… and a video appeared that reminded me of something simple and powerful:
𝕀 𝕕𝕠𝕟’𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕜𝕟𝕠𝕨
The pressure I put on myself to “have to know” blocks the creative path in my brain that already knows.


In the video, a two year old girl sings without hesitation. The people around her were curious — maybe wondering if she could do it, maybe just thinking “how cute”.
But she didn’t wonder. She didn’t question whether she could, whether she was capable, whether she was allowed. She simply did what she felt like doing in that moment.
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩. She explored. She enjoyed every note, every movement. And she shifted the energy of the whole group.

That, to me, is beginner’s mind. Returning to what moves you. Returning to curiosity. Looking at a situation from a different angle than the one your beliefs tell you it “should” be.

As Nir Eyal beautifully said yesterday, even the word Be lie ve contains lie. Using his words:
“How often do we lie to ourselves and call those lies beliefs? And what could happen if we chose a belief that actually works for us instead of limiting us?”

In Spanish we use the word CREENCIA, which literally asks: What do I choose to believe in?

So I leave you with this question: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐲? Where are you placing your energy — and therefore, your power?

In the meantime, take care — and hydrate.