Your Environment Doesn't Determine Who You Are... YOU DO Very often , when we feel stuck, we remember the old saying that our external environment—the circumstances, the people around us, the situations we encounter—Molds who we are and what we do. I confess that in facing my current struggles, I've found myself pulled by this mental trap. I've repeatedly told myself that my environment is imperfect, my situation is unconducive, that I am in an oppressive, negative, and bleak grey environment. This has led me to a state of helplessness, hopelessness, and feeling engulfed by negativity. Beyond Influence Yes, our environments and circumstances, the people, the situations—they do influence us. But only to the extent that we allow. Today, through this blog, I want to challenge both myself and you. Challenge the mindset that you are a product of your surroundings. The Internal Battle Within us, every day, two equal and opposite forces are born. One is oppressive, whisperin...