It's been a while since I posted I've been working on a few things that I'll say more about in future posts.
For today I thought I'd repeat a great story I heard my friend George tell me on our last Mastermind call.
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A traveling salesman was on his regular route to see his usual customers and decided to go visit a guy whom
he hadn't seen in quite sometime.The man lived in a dilapidated old house, down a dirt road but this customer was very friendly and had always paid cash.
As was usual, the old man was sitting on his porch and "whittling" on a scrap of wood when the salesman arrived. They talked about this and that and were enjoying the visit. Every now and then, the old dog laying on the porch would lift his head up and howl for a couple of seconds, lay back down and go back to sleep.
The conversation continued about the old man's children and grandchildren, how the crops were doing and what type of summer and winter the old man thought he was going to have. Once again the dog lifted his head up and howled for a few seconds and then layed his head back down.
This interaction between the two men and the dog continued for while until the salesman asked finally had to ask the old man "what was wrong with the dog?"
The old man looked at the dog for a couple of seconds and said, "he's laying on a nail and I'm pretty sure that it hurts, but it doesn't hurt enough for him to get up and move".
The next time you hear someone complaining about their life, their situations or challenges ask them this "if it hurts so much why don't you get off that nail"?
have a great weekend
Michael Harris, PhD
For today I thought I'd repeat a great story I heard my friend George tell me on our last Mastermind call.
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A traveling salesman was on his regular route to see his usual customers and decided to go visit a guy whom
he hadn't seen in quite sometime.The man lived in a dilapidated old house, down a dirt road but this customer was very friendly and had always paid cash.
As was usual, the old man was sitting on his porch and "whittling" on a scrap of wood when the salesman arrived. They talked about this and that and were enjoying the visit. Every now and then, the old dog laying on the porch would lift his head up and howl for a couple of seconds, lay back down and go back to sleep.
The conversation continued about the old man's children and grandchildren, how the crops were doing and what type of summer and winter the old man thought he was going to have. Once again the dog lifted his head up and howled for a few seconds and then layed his head back down.
This interaction between the two men and the dog continued for while until the salesman asked finally had to ask the old man "what was wrong with the dog?"
The old man looked at the dog for a couple of seconds and said, "he's laying on a nail and I'm pretty sure that it hurts, but it doesn't hurt enough for him to get up and move".
The next time you hear someone complaining about their life, their situations or challenges ask them this "if it hurts so much why don't you get off that nail"?
have a great weekend
Michael Harris, PhD
