Scarcity Brain: Fix Your Craving Mindset and Rewire Your Habits to Thrive with Enough

by Michael Easter

“Hearing people’s stories and just letting them talk. I think that’s when I got the idea that I really just wanted to experience the entirety of the human condition. The ins and outs, ups and downs, goods and bads of it and just have a really rich experience of living,” she yelled through the thin Montana air. “I didn’t think these human experiences would be all good. But I thought they’d all be important. They’d change my perspective. Because I could see that everyone is just doing the best they can with what they have, you know? Generally people are good. But we all fit the mold we cast. If we focus on the negative, we’re going to look for negatives. But if we approach things with even a small amount of compassion and real interest and give people the benefit of the doubt, we can see how people don’t fit our narratives. We find that people are amazing.”