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Trying Hard... Not Smart
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This is a short story from a booklet I received years ago entitled
you2 by Price Pritchett. I read it every year. Enjoy.
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I’m sitting in a quiet room at the Millcroft Inn, a peaceful little
place hidden back among the pine trees about an hour out of
Toronto. It’s just past noon, late July and I’m listening to the
desperate sounds of a life-or-death struggle going on a few feet
away.
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There’s a small fly burning out the last of its short life’s energies
in a futile attempt to fly through the glass of the windowpane.
The whining wings tell the poignant story of the fly’s strategy--try harder.
But it’s not working.
The frenzied effort offers no hope for survival. Ironically the
struggle is part of the trap. It is impossible for the fly to try hard
enough to succeed at breaking through the glass. Nevertheless,
this little insect has staked its life on reaching its goal through
raw effort and determination.
The fly is doomed. It will die there on the windowsill.
Across the room, ten steps away, the door is open. Ten seconds of
flying time and this small creature could reach the outside world
it seeks. With only a fraction of the effort now being wasted,
it could be free of this self-imposed trap. The breakthrough
possibility is there. It would be so easy.
Why doesn’t the fly try another approach, something
dramatically different? How did it get so locked in on the idea
that this particular route and determined effort, offers the most
promise and success? What logic is there in continuing until
death, to seek a breakthrough with “more of the same”?
No doubt this approach makes sense to the fly. Regrettably, it’s
an idea that will kill.
“Trying harder” isn’t necessarily the solution to achieving more.
It may not offer any real promise for giving what you want out
of life. Sometimes, in fact, it’s a big part of the problem.
If you stake your hopes for a breakthrough on trying harder
than ever, you may kill your chances for success.
Emmy, Valerie, Mary, Julie
[email protected] • www.nfppc.com
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Gordon Barth is the owner of Islands Fitness Center
www.islandsfitness.com
Sometimes
Trying Hard
Is...
FUTILE
12 May 2015
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