Consider that we all have an imaginary container that we built in our minds that limits the capacity of all the things we can have in practice and in life. Let me share with you a great visual for you so you can begin to see it more clearly.
Baby elephants are contained by a stake driven into the ground with a rope attached to one foot. When the baby elephant attempts to get away, that rope stretches and limits how far it can go from that stake. When the elephant grows older, larger and stronger, that same rope is still placed around its foot, however, the stake has been removed and the elephant remains contained and does not run. It doesn’t, because the moment it feels the rope on its foot it stops. It “thinks” it cannot go any further. Consider we, as humans, have a similar mechanism. When we reach a level that we invented in our minds as the limit, from the past, we stop doing the things that will naturally allow us to go to the next level. Consider that our “comfort zone” only allows us to go 20% above or below our imaginary baseline in all areas of life – income, career satisfaction, fun, being connected, success, weight, freedom, etc. Take a look around at the people you associate with. Your income, net worth, interest, and even physical weight is 20% up or down give or take a pound, a dollar or two of theirs.
What do you do, now, knowing that information? Well....take the lid off the container you have self-built around yourself and your future...then see what's possible and start following your dreams!
Friday, February 13, 2009
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