Clearly there’s a connection with having open ideas about who you are and preconceived notions about who you’re supposed to be. These unyielding assumptions can affect your personal success in life.
Words have immense power. What you say about yourself is of primary importance; the words you use to describe yourself are basic to the way you function in the world.
Childhood is a time for dreaming of the future. The ‘stock in trade’ for children is imagination. They use their imaginations to play, which, in part, is a ‘dress rehearsal’ for adulthood.