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INSPIRED TO MOTIVATE- JULY 2013
It’ s not that some people have willpower and some don’ t. It’ s that some people are ready to change and others are not. BY JAMES GORDON
Unlock Your Self Improvement
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When we look at a certain object, a painting for example- we won’ t be able to appreciate what is in it, what is painted and what else goes with it if the painting is just an inch away from our face. But if we try to take it back a little further, we’ ll have a clearer vision of the whole artwork. We reach a point in life when we are ready for change and look for information that will help us unlock our self improvement power. Until then, something can be staring us right under our nose but we don’ t see it. The only time we think of unlocking our self improvement power is when everything gets worse. Take the frog principle for example- Try placing Frog A into a pot of boiling water. What happens? He
Become addicted to constant and never-ending selfimprovement.-Anthony J. D’ Angelo twerps! He jumps out! Why? Because he is not able to tolerate sudden change in his environment- the water’ s temperature. Then try Frog B, place him in a pot of luke-warm water, then turn on the stove. Wait until the water reaches a certain boiling point. Frog B then thinks,“ Ooh... it’ s a bit warm in here”. People are like Frog B in general. Today, Anna thinks Carl hates her. Tomorrow, Patrick walks up to her and tells her he hates her. Anna stays the same and doesn’ t mind what her friend says. The next day, she learned that Tina and John also hate her. Anna doesn’ t realize at once the importance and the need for self improvement until the entire community hates her. We learn our lessons when we experience pain. We finally see the warning signs and signals when things get rough and tough. When do we realize that we need to change diets? When none of our jeans and shirts fit us. When do we stop eating candy and chocolate? When all of our teeth have fallen out. When do we realize that we need to stop smoking? When our lungs have gone bad. When we realize
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