The ‘not-enough’ mindset (how to spot a scarcity mindset and shift it to an abundance mindset)

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The first time I heard about scarcity and abundance mindset it was explained through the Leah and Rachel story in the bible. They were sisters, one was ‘form’  and one was ‘function’. 

It seems whenever there is more than one sister, people apply this subconscious scale to them and rate who was blessed with the most ‘fill in the blank’ (usually it’s beauty) and the sisters are ranked in relation to one another.  So Rachel ranked high on the beauty, therefore, Leah was less. 

The scarcity mindset says there isn’t ‘enough’ beauty. So if one sister has some, there isn’t enough for the other sister. There is a limited supply. 

.*● Of course, this situation does not always apply to all siblings and sisters, but this mindset can be seen in all areas of our lives. 

A major layer of the scarcity mindset is the belief that there is NOT ENOUGH TO GO AROUND  --*

There is not enough money, time, food, energy, attention, readers, friendships, spotlight, praise…..

If they have some, there must be less in the world for me

2- Scarcity mindset also believes things need to be ‘right’ to be acceptable....

It also implies that these resources we feel are lacking also have a standard on what passes as acceptable. The ‘right’ clothes, the ‘right’ friends, the ‘right’ type of body, etc. 

3-   ●It puts us in a victim mentality. ..-It takes away our position of control on the situation.  So we hustle harder to get our slice of the pie.  We hoard, to stress, to hustle, we complain, we fixate. 

 

But what else is happening in this scarcity mindset is the underlying belief that there is something wrong with me if I don’t have this ‘thing’.