Attempt to grow further!

As my friend was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped, confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was obvious that the elephants could, at anytime, break away from the ropes they were tied to but for some reason, they did not. My friend saw a trainer nearby and asked why these beautiful, magnificent animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away.

"Well," he said, "when they are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to break free." My friend was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were.


Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once before?


How many of us are being held back by old, outdated beliefs that no longer serve us? How many of us have avoided trying something new because of a limiting belief? Worse, how many of us are being held back by someone else's limiting beliefs?


Whatever you can conceive and believe, you can achieve!


So make an attempt to grow further.... Why shouldn't we try it again?

Gratitude in Action

A couple of days back I had a chat with few managers who shared their success stories with each other, based on the actions they committed. One of these people is the manager of a large tier one telecommunication sector. One of his commitments was to meditate for 10 minutes every morning to clear his mind and then to write in a gratitude journal for a few minutes to start his day.


At first, as he began to keep this goal, he felt a little silly. Many negative thoughts would flow to his mind while he tried to think of things to be grateful for. He would think of the person who had to back out of a meeting and rescheduled everyone’s calendars in the wrong way which created all kinds of difficulties for him. The manager would stop and analyze the negative thought and look for ways to be grateful instead. He recognized that this person was hard working, well meaning and didn’t intentionally try to make things difficult for people. He started to realize that people who got in his way that worked for him were not coming to work thinking they were going to try to ruin his day.

As my colleague continued this practice, he began to see many of the people in the division differently. He became more grateful for them, treated them accordingly and found that these people started working with more effort, quality, and commitment as a result. Over time he literally started seeing more of what was right around him rather than always seeing what was wrong.