The Scarcity Mindset

Economics lied to us.

You cannot live an abundant life with a scarcity mindset.

Do you know the reason why the world keeps dropping on a downward spiral? Why people keep being evil and destructive? Why there are still wars and fights and people still kill and betray one another?

Do you know why there are still untrustworthy people in unfaithful relationships and why it seems like negativity is still the order of the day?

Scarcity.

Or rather, the scarcity mindset.

The reason why we compete unnecessarily and let ourselves get sucked into terrible values that eat away at our souls is because we think in scarcity.

We have the scarcity mindset and so we want what other people want, we are chasing after what we desire, thinking if other people have it, we won't anymore, and we chase with the ferociousness that inevitably eats away at us being actual human beings.

We believe if we don't take an opportunity, it will disappear because other people will take them and we will be worse off, which is why we will lie, steal, cheat, deceive, do whatever we can to get what we want and get it now because we believe we won't get it anymore.

A person with a scarcity mindset in the end will never be content, will never know the true pleasures of life, and will never resolve his identity.

In case it is a new concept to you as you read this, the scarcity mindset is simply seeing the world as a piece of round pie, or pizza, that if someone takes a piece of it, it gets smaller, and you have to fight dirty to get your share, if not, there'll be nothing left for you.

People who think like this, among other things, will lean towards being dishonest, deceitful, and will resort to playing dirty to get whatever it is they want, be it money, recognition, positions, fame, relationships, a job, etc. They will go against their strongest values because they feel if they don't do whatever is required of them, they'd miss out on that opportunity they are trying to get.

This is why wars happen. Countries are claiming borders and lands because they think opportunities for which borders are sought will disappear along with those lands.

They are fighting for natural resources because they believe that if they don't have them they will be worse off than their counterparts.

They are fighting for cultures and traditions to not be lost because they feel like the value in it will be lost with it, forgetting that there are more than enough cultures and values to discover.

So they build warheads, weapons of mass destruction, armoured tanks, etc.

The Scarcity Mindset.

This is why relationships are toxic. People are trying to get as many partners as they can, because they believe the values or 'fruits' they want isn't in one partner and will never be.

They cheat and lie just to get into a relationship because they believe if they don't get the girl, someone else will, and they'd never get as good a girl or guy as the person in the present.

So they finagle, fight, kill, lie, employ emotional blackmail, manipulate, you name it, just to have their way, to get their own interest. Just so they can have their own 'share of the pie.'

It is sad, but true, that many of us have been deeply ingrained in this type of mindset, but this is not the mindset that leads to a fulfilling life.

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The opposite, however, is the abundance mindset which says there's more than enough to go round.

Here, our minds simply make the pie larger than life itself. We do not operate from the standpoint that opportunities will be missed, or that the goodness to be gotten will end.

We operate from the mindset of abundance, knowing that there will always be more. More opportunities, more relationships, more happiness, more jobs, more, more, and more.

It is just so strange, so ironic, how more of the population don't see it. We strive needlessly, fight endlessly, only for everything to be okay in the end and we realize we should never have been like that.

If there is one thing the world should have taught us in all the decades we have lived, it is the fact that there is abundance! There are always alternatives, albeit even better alternatives! Just the ‘scarcity’ of gasoline has pushed us to electric and other alternative sources of power. Just like the impending ‘scarcity’ of life on earth has pushed us to explore other planets and forms of life.

I don't know what they have told you in school, but Economics is WRONG! Resources are not scarce. Resources don't have a life of their own. Resources are directly proportional to our state of mind. This means that resources are scarce or abundant to the tune of your mindset.

Haven't you noticed how the abundant mind creates more opportunities where the mind scrambling in scarcity thinks there's only limited opportunities?

Haven't you seen how the abundant mind becomes creative and ways are made out of no way? The abundant mind doesn't see limitations, and such a mind often breaks through with palpable innovations.

The abundant man knows that even nature has a way of correcting itself.

As a result of knowing that there will always be more opportunities, the man that operates from the abundance mindset build structures from a place of rest, a place of assurance that as long as they strive to be better, as long as they prepare themselves, they'd get what's due them.

These ones focus more on themselves than on the things they want. They grow more capacity and they never falter in their values. They are not afraid to fail, not afraid to lose, not afraid to miss out.

These ones know that there's no point in lying to get the job, or deceiving to get girl, or fighting and killing other people to get the resources. They know that if they don't get this one, they will get the next one, and if they don't get the next one, they will get the one after that.

They understand that there is abundance, and as long as they continue to ripen in their capacities, the perfect day will come when they will get their own opportunity.

They understand that if they don't agree with one, they will agree with other people. If the girl doesn't like them, there'll be someone else who would like them and get them.

So they don't have to be deceitful and lead people into expectations, and then break hearts, reputations, and relationships in the process.

They know this, and so, they will never lose sight of who they are, the values they hold, the things they love, and the reason why they are living their lives.

They have the abundant mindset

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In this newsletter, I have presented you with two options: The scarcity mindset, and the abundant mindset. Obviously, you know which one you have now.

Regardless of what you have now, endeavor to build and live in the abundant mindset. You cannot live an abundant life with a scarcity mindset. So, I encourage you, live abundantly.

Start by building up yourself in the mindset of an abundant person.

Long piece,

But to your growth,

Abiola Okunsanya,

Handzinspired. ✨