Don’t doubt what your mind can do if you open it.
When I was at Matt Bacak‘s Marketing Madness event a few weeks ago, I had the privilege of meeting Rhonda Duffy, a local Real Estate agent who also hosts her own radio show. There was a special session for women where we participated in a spoon bending activity. Rhonda explained that we were supposed to pick out a spoon by “talking to the spoon and asking if the spoon would bend for us”. Once we picked out our spoon we were supposed to return to the circle and bend the spoon. I guess my ADD was kicking in pretty strong that day because I had already bent my spoon while she was talking. Oops.
So I went and got another spoon. I waited until the proper time this time around and bent the second spoon. Then she asked us to get another one. I’m thinking, “Well I’ve already bent two spoons so I should be able to sit down, right?” but being the good sport that I am, I got a fork this time and proceeded to bend that one too.
Moral of this story: You can do whatever you put your mind to if you have proper coaching and surround yourself with positive energy.
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I totally agree with your analogy. Success begins in the mind. You gotta believe you can do it FIRST. It’s like that story of the Little Engine that Could. Wishin’ and hopin’ is just that. Thanks for directing me to your blog (your twitter friend)
Then again, had you been making a profit off that bent cutlery, you would have made substantially more than your counterparts.
Sometimes embracing the ADD can have positive effects!
Seth
LOL. Seth, That was a good point.
Very well put, Beverly. I’m glad you enjoyed the blog post.
Yes, the power of the mind is important as noted, but something touched on briefly in your post is also important – if you remember we were in a circle of energy all focused on the same thing – empowering ourselves. This is an important concept that is spoke of often but overlooked by many! Remember how many times I reformed that circle – not allowing anyone to have their back to others and I went around and got all 50 people to accomplish the task by simply telling them that they could and would do it! This is the formation of power.
Bottom line – you can do anything that you set your mind to do and it is even more powerful when everyone is on the same page. Demand that everyone be on the page or they must get out of the circle!
You’re absolutely right! I forgot all about the circle part of it. Excellent comment.
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