Life is a Poker Table

In the game of Poker you can have a small amount of chips, known as the short stack, or have a lot of chips known as the high stack.  Optimal play between the two is entirely different.  One can think of it as surviving versus thriving.  Know in life which situation you are in.  

Too often times people come into success from tough upbringings and bring along with them elements of the past poor life.  Mistrust, selfishness, small potato thinking and a general scarcity mindset often wear out their welcome when they transition from a survivors situation to a thrivers situation.  Playing with a survivors mindset in a thriving situation leads to unnecessary anxiety, pain and limited growth.

However, playing with a thrivers mind set in a survivors situation will surely result in demise.  Life will throw a wrench at you from time to time and change you from thriving to surviving.  Identify this this properly, be flexible, and learn to switch gears.  Survive today, thrive the next.  At the end of the day, your stack will thank you.