A Distorted View of Reality

With Pro Book Editor, Adina Edelman

If you regularly watch the news like my mom does, it’s easy to think people are evil and the world is a bad place.

Yet billions of murders haven’t happened today, thousands of planes have landed safely, and great doctors have saved hundreds of lives.

As you know, good news rarely makes it to the news.

On social media, it’s often the other way around.

“I’m thrilled to share that I came last in the annual writing contest.”

“Our marketing campaign failed miserably. Thanks to everyone who worked hard to make this happen.”

“No one is buying my course.”

Who’s got the guts to share that?

And if everyone is doing so well, why are there so many coaches these days?

Look closely and you’ll see dead YouTube channels, inactive blogs, unsuccessful movies, outdated websites, and books with only 3 reviews.

Great things and failures happen even if we don’t hear about them.

But we are what we eat, so it’s easy to end up with a distorted mental map of what’s really going on in the world.

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