Monday 2nd
April 2018
Morning Vibes With Dr. Jerry - the First
Hello and welcome to
#MorningVibesWithDrJerryTheFirst-Episode 201
Title: Men Are Like Elephants - And How Come?
Despite
the tons of books that have been written on the subject matter, despite the
tons of literature that have been generated concerning the road to success, men
still flounder and fumble. Most fail to succeed because they simply leant nothing.
All too
often we let the rejections of our past dictate every move we make. We
literally do not know ourselves to be any better than what some opinionated
person or narrow circumstance once told us was true.
Of
course, an old rejection doesn’t mean we aren’t good enough; it just means some
person or circumstance from our past failed to align with what we had to offer
at the time. But somehow we don't see it that way – we hit a mental barricade
that stops us in our tracks.
This is one of the most common and damaging
thought patterns we as human beings succumb to.
Even though we intellectually know that we’re
stronger than we were in the past, our subconscious mind often forgets that our
capabilities have grown.
Let me give you a quick metaphorical example...
Zookeepers typically strap a thin metal chain to
a grown elephant’s leg and then attach the other end to a small wooden peg
that’s hammered into the ground. The 10-foot tall, 10,000-pound elephant could
easily snap the chain, uproot the wooden peg and escape to freedom with minimal
effort. But it doesn’t. In fact the elephant never even tries. The world’s most
powerful land animal, which can uproot a tree as easily as you could break a
toothpick, remains defeated by a small wooden peg and a flimsy chain.
Why?
Because when the elephant was a baby, its
trainers used the exact same methods to domesticate it. A thin chain was
strapped around its leg and the other end of the chain was tied to a wooden peg
in the ground. At the time, the chain and peg were strong enough to restrain
the baby elephant. When it tried to break away, the metal chain would pull it
back. Sometimes, tempted by the world it could see in the distance, the
elephant would pull harder. But the chain would not budge, and soon the baby
elephant realized trying to escape was not possible. So it stopped trying.
And now that the elephant is all grown up, it
sees the chain and the peg and it remembers what it learned as a baby – the
chain and peg are impossible to escape. Of course this is no longer true, but
it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that the 200-pound baby is now a
10,000-pound powerhouse. The elephant’s self-limiting thoughts and beliefs
prevail.
If you think about it, we are all like
elephants. We all have incredible power inside us. Certainly, we have our own
chains and pegs – the self-limiting thoughts and beliefs that hold us back.
Sometimes it’s a childhood experience or an old failure. Sometimes it’s
something we were told when we were a little younger.
The key thing to realize is this: We need to
learn from the past, but be ready to update what we learned based on how our
circumstances have changed (as they constantly do).
In other words, we have to learn to think better
about the past and present, so we can ultimately live better from here on out.
But, as I'm sure you're aware, that's much
easier said than done.
Thinking better takes guidance and practice.
And that’s why we have made ourselves available
for you, just in case you would want to get into the habit of THINKING BETTER
through learning and association; we are happy to let you that we are here for
you and you can reach us through any of our channels of communication.
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