The stories we tell ourselves have great influence over our destiny. These narratives shape our belief system and thus, in turn, the decisions we make.

Find yourself making poor choices? That’s likely due to a fallacy in one or more of the beliefs you hold.

Psychology and social science have re-discovered this key learning: We can improve our odds of success in life by improving the stories we tell ourselves. Hence the flood of recent books on the topic (The Power of Story, Flourish, Being Happy — to name just a few)

But this insight is nothing new:

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