The Human Advantage

One of the reasons that humans have come so far is our flexibility.

For starters, evolutionary scientists believe that it was our sexual division of labor that gave us a head start.

If you look at every other mammal, both males and females collect the same type of food in the same type of way.

But humans were different. The males started hunting, looking for protein. The females started gathering, looking for roots, nuts, etc. Looking for vitamins, fiber, carbs, etc.

Diversity Is Strength

This meant they could live in twice as many places. If humans ONLY were able to eat meat, we would have been stuck living wherever animals lived. But since we could survive a while without either meat or fiber and vitamins, etc, we could live pretty much anywhere.

Then we figured out how to make clothes. This gave us even more flexibility. Super hot places, super cold places, super high places, there weren’t too many places on Earth where humans could live.

Clearly, our flexibility is a HUGE advantage.

On an individual level, flexibility is also a HUGE advantage. Everybody’s got desires, wants and needs.

Be Flexible With Flexibility

But those who can fulfill those desires in many different ways have a MUCH better chance of getting them fulfilled, MUCH quicker. If you’ve only got one or two ways to get what you want, and you get shut down, there’s not much you can do.

But if you’ve got a TON of different ideas to get what you want, no matter WHAT happens, you’ll always be getting closer. You’ll always be satisfying your desires, and then creating even bigger ones.

Choose Your Life

That’s when you REALLY start to feel “on purpose.” You WON’T be at the mercy of others, you’ll be in complete control. This doesn’t mean you will be in complete control over the reality around you, but you’ll be in complete control over your own destiny, since you’ve got a clear target, and you’ve got PLENTY of ways to get there.

Unfortunately, most of us have this flexibility hammered out of us when we finish school. Usually it’s gone by the time we finish junior high school.

Luckily, there’s an easy way to get it back. Before long, you’ll be back on track, looking at those HUGE desires, wants and needs with a positive expectation that few people EVER feel.