Happy Monday!
I came across this perspective shifter a few weeks ago and thought of you:
Imagine for a moment you were born in the year 1900.
By the time you turn 14, World War I breaks out, and it ends when you’re 18, leaving over 22 million dead 💣.
Barely a breath later, at 20, you survive the Spanish Flu pandemic, which claims 50 million lives globally 🦠.
At 29, you face the Great Depression, triggered by the collapse of the New York Stock Exchange—bringing mass unemployment, hunger, and global economic despair 📉.
By 33, Nazism rose to power.
At 39, you’re thrust into the horrors of World War II, which rages until you’re 45, taking 60 million lives with it ⚰️.
When you turn 52, the Korean War begins.
At 64, the Vietnam War erupts and lasts until you’re 75.
Now, picture someone born in 1985, who might think their grandparents “don’t understand” how hard life can be.
What they may not realize is that those same grandparents survived war, famine, disease, and chaos on a scale we can hardly imagine.
That, my friend, is what we call temporal arrogance—judging the past without understanding its pain.
It’s also a display of the Dunning-Kruger effect—a psychological bias where those with less experience overestimate their understanding, while those who’ve lived through the fire often stay humble and quiet in their wisdom 🔥.
So here’s the message:
Perspective is power 💡.
And the next time you face hardship, pause and reflect on what others have endured—and overcome.
Let it remind you of your own resilience.
You come from a legacy of survivors.
Now it’s your time to lead with that same strength.
Adversity is Your Advantage,
Bryce Henson
CEO, Fit Body
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