HOW DO PEOPLE
ACT LIKE MONKEY?
People
are sometimes like MONKEYS! That’s
RIGHT! Sometimes people act with other
people the way Monkeys act among themselves!
What do I mean by that, and how does recognizing this fact help you in
your business, or help you realize your dreams!
Stick around, and let me connect the dots for you! You’ll get the picture!
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Some people without dreams of their own hate
to see others pursuing theirs. It makes
them feel inadequate or insecure. Others believe they’re being helpful to you
by keeping you from risk or from getting hurt. I’m sure you recognize that this is true! But what does this have to do with people
being like MONKEYS?
Two Business Professors wrote about an experiment conducted
with a group of monkeys. Four monkeys were placed in a room that had a tall
pole in the center of the room, and suspended from the top of that pole was a
bunch of bananas. You
can imagine that the monkeys wasted no time in climbing up that pole to get what
they wanted … the bananas! But
just as they reached out to grab a banana, they were doused with a torrent of
cold water. Squealing, they scampered back down the pole.
Each monkey made the attempt to
get what it wanted .. to grab a banana, and each one was drenched with cold
water. After trying a number of times, they
all finally gave up.
Then
researchers removed one of the monkeys from the room and replaced it with a new
monkey. As the newcomer began to climb the pole, the other monkeys grabbed it
and pulled it down to the ground. After trying to climb the pole several times
and being dragged down by the others,
the new monkey finally gave up too, and never attempted to climb the
pole again.
The
researchers replaced all the original monkeys, with new ones - one by one, and
each time a new monkey was brought in, it would make a beeline for the bananas,
but would be dragged down by the others before it could reach the bananas. In time, only monkeys who had never experienced the water were
in the room. They would prevent one another from climbing the pole, but none of them
knew why!
Perhaps
others have dragged YOU down in life. They’ve discouraged you from dreaming … from going after what you REALLY want! Maybe
they resented the fact that you wanted to improve the quality of your life or
to do something significant. Or maybe THEY have experienced pain, disappointment, rejection and failure in
THEIR life, and they are just trying to protect you from
experiencing the same fate. On
the other hand, sometimes people stop you from pursuing your dream … and they
don’t even know WHY! It just seems like
the thing to do!
All
of them are DREAM STEALERS … either purposely or unwittingly. Yes, some- times
people are like MONKEYS when it comes to pulling people down from moving up to
get what they WANT in life and going after their dreams! So
- what are YOU going to do? This is YOUR life! So
go ahead! Explore the possibilities! Believe in yourself, and dare to embrace
new opportunities! It’s never too late to dream and achieve!
To find out more, go to:
To find out more, go to:
Leanne Cannon
Author, Speaker, Business Coach
www.LeanneCannon.com
www.DreamAchieversUnlimited.com
330-400-9814
