"When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become alive, and your discover yourself to be a greater person by far than you ever dreamed yourself to be." -Patanjali (author and yogi)
There's a saying that if you go around feeling like a hammer, everything you come in contact with will become a nail. This is a self fulfilling frame that limits us unnecessarily, boxing us in and holding us back from growing into our full potential.
The good news is, if you feel like a hammer, all that needs to happen is for there to be a shift in attitude. The doing is effortless once the shift happens. It's phenomenal.
So, Kenrick, what the heck are you talking about now? I'll tell you. I'm talking about if the way you've viewed challenges in the past is not working for you, then a shift is in order. Would you agree with that assertion? We all know Albert Einstein's definition of insanity which is when we do the same thing over and over and expect different results.
As a child, you have to but once touch a hot iron and you don't make the same mistake again. On all levels , conscious and sub conscious, when we see the iron plugged in we have a deep knowing that we should not touch it.
So in business, in relationships of all kinds, in practical decision making, what is it that keeps us attached to being a hammer and banging away at the world which we think consists of nails? Well, there's habit. There's apathy. There's even a bit of laziness. The good news, you're aware of it now and that's the first step in changing it.
My approach in life is that I am a magician and everything in my life is a opportunity to create what I want, what will be best for me, for my family, for my students, what will bring the most good to what I do in life.
I didn't always know I had this ability to create what surrounds me. Because of this, I wasn't always happy in life. There was a lot of trial and error and stumbling because I always believed, as I had been taught, that work is hard, good things come through struggle. Once I gave up on that notion and decided that all good things come easy to me, I realized I was able to receive good things easily. I began to create my universe full of pleasure, joy, and success, none of which are 'hard work'. I realized almost in the blink of an eye, that the one thing I was struggling against was myself and the limitations I imposed upon myself.
So are you ready to give up your attachment to being a hammer? There's something else, something more expansive and empowering waiting for you instead.
Author Resource:
Kenrick Cleveland teaches strategies to earn the business of affluent prospects using persuasion. He runs public and private seminars and offers home study courses and coaching programs in persuasion strategies.
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