Monday, June 08, 2009

Does harder will guarantee success?

A small housefly was burning up the last of its energy in an attempt 
to fly through the glass of the windowpane.

It's clear what the fly's strategy is: try harder.
He's staked his life on reaching his goal through raw effort and
persistence. But, it's not enough.

The fly is doomed. He will die in this room....

....but that's not the tragic part.

Across the room is a door standing open; through it, you can clearly
see the outdoors. If the fly wanted to, he could change strategy and
be free in less than 10 seconds.

In fact, it would be EASIER than what he's doing. He could be free
with only a FRACTION of the effort. It would be so easy.

Why doesn't he try another approach? Something dramatically different?
Where did it get the idea that trying harder will guarantee success?

No doubt it makes sense to the fly.



But, it doesn't matter. His hard work and blind effort will be his death.
He'll be a small corpse in an hour or so. Someone will dust him off the
windowsill later today.

Hey, has it ever occurred to you how many people are just like that fly?


It never occurs to them that the actions they're taking will never make 
them successful. They just keep doing the same thing over and over 
without ever realizing that they're spinning their wheels.

And -- just like the fly -- the solution is SO simple...and it's actually
LESS work than what you're currently doing.

Hey, are you finally serious about making a better life
for yourself?

From the email of Tony Rush


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