D id you know Circus Elephants are trained as babies by setting a “Limiting Belief” in their mind that change is painful. The trainer ties a tourniquet to the elephant’s leg and the harder it pulls away from its position, the tighter the tourniquet gets. This action securely lodges a limiting belief in the elephants mind that trying to escape his chains can cause severe pain. So, ultimately the elephant gives up all hope of breaking free from his captors. The only way to break this belief is if you induce a state of panic in the elephant by threat of death. Unfortunately, the elephant was not given the ability to reason on a level that would allow it to endure the short period of pain in order to free itself from the bonds of its chains.
The great thing about us human beings is that our creator may not have given us the size and strength of an elephant or the speed of a cheetah, but he did give us a large brain and the ability to process complex thoughts and reason with it. Thank God that we understand that we have to be willing to endure temporary pain to achieve our desired gain and aim. There’s no need for us to wait for imminent danger or a death threat if change is necessary for us. Just make the decision to start the process today and strive to make it GREAT!
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