The Magnetic Midset

By: Eleina Asaad

Work In Progress…

Leo didn't think he was good at anything. He got become more than he already was. He knew

Average grades and the most he would get from from that point that he would get into an

his parents was a ‘“Good job buddy.” Leo never Average college and work an average job. He

felt like he exceeded anything at school. He was felt like he was stuck in a bubble that can't be

never the high achiever but neither the kid that popped because it was made of metal. He felt his

flunked all their tests. He was in between. He goals were so impossible that it would be like

never won any rewards or received special searching for a lost paperclip floating through

treatment from teachers. He wasn’t ever the space. All Leo ever wanted to be was the Best of

brightest bulb in the pack. Leo wished he could the Best. The breadwinner, the CEO! Except he

be much more than he was. He wanted to be was stuck being himself. After a while, he

someone that people looked at and say “wow, started to give up. He didn't try on any of his

what an incredible person!” Leo felt that there tests, and he was rude and unpleasant to the

was nothing amazing about him. He had a teachers. He would think to himself, “If I can't

standard level of every single skill known to succeed at anything, why try?” The energy Leo

mankind. For example, His paintings were gave he also started to receive. Nobody

beautiful from afar, but close up you could see encouraged him or cheered him on. Nobody

the sloppy lines and crooked details. He loved to cared when he got a grade above 70. Everyone

play baseball but he would always either get out expected disappointment from him. He thought

or miss the base. Nothing ever stood out on his he could never be anything more than he was.

resume, and the only job he ever got accepted Because of the way Leo’s mindset was, this

for was to stock some shelves or clean a facility. become true. This Mindset was pulling Leo into

When he tried to get better at anything, it just misery and failure, and he was okay with it. His

wouldn't work out. By the time Leo was 16, he mindset had taken over him.

began to accept the fact that he would never