The Lie We’ve Been Sold: Circumstances Don’t Decide Your Life
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The Lie We’ve Been Sold: Circumstances Don’t Decide Your Life
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About this listen
Most people are raised to believe that life “just happens” to them: the job they got, the money they make, the hand they were dealt. But that mindset quietly removes your power and places your happiness, income, and opportunities in someone else’s hands.
Nikki breaks down the truth:
Circumstances are neutral. It’s your interpretation and response that create your life.
Two people can face the same obstacle - one shuts down, the other asks, “Okay, now what?” It’s not the circumstance that determines the outcome… it’s the choice.
Through personal stories - from her upbringing to her career to her current health journey — Nikki shows how identity conditioning shapes how we see ourselves, which shapes the choices we make, which ultimately shape our results.
This episode is a reminder that:
- You’re not stuck because of your circumstances - you’re stuck because of the story around them.
- Successful people face the same hard things as everyone else - they just refuse to let circumstance become the author of their story.
- You are always one choice away from realignment.
- Circumstances are data - YOU assign meaning.
- Identity influences interpretation, and interpretation drives choice.
- Stuckness doesn’t come from conditions but from the narrative you believe about them.
- “Given this, here’s what I choose” is the language of aligned leadership.
- You don’t need perfect conditions to change - just a new choice.
“Alignment isn’t about having perfect circumstances. It’s about being someone who is at choice in every season.”
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