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Don'T Act Like An Elephant!

The document discusses how elephants in India are trained at a young age to believe they cannot break free from ropes, even as adults weighing thousands of pounds. It draws a parallel to how humans can develop limiting beliefs about their own abilities. However, the document argues that negative beliefs can be changed through determination and effort if one truly wants to become successful. One need only tap into their inner strength to break free from self-imposed limitations and change aspects of their personality.

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Don'T Act Like An Elephant!

The document discusses how elephants in India are trained at a young age to believe they cannot break free from ropes, even as adults weighing thousands of pounds. It draws a parallel to how humans can develop limiting beliefs about their own abilities. However, the document argues that negative beliefs can be changed through determination and effort if one truly wants to become successful. One need only tap into their inner strength to break free from self-imposed limitations and change aspects of their personality.

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DON’T ACT LIKE

♫ Turn on your speakers!


AN ELEPHANT!

From an article by Thomas J. Stevens


Strange statement, isn’t it?
But read carefully because it can make a difference of
success and failure in your business and private life.

LET ME EXPLAIN:
You may know that in
India elephants are used
for manual labour.
How do they restrain
them?
How do they train them?
Their handlers came up with the idea
to “program” them while they are still
very young by setting self-imposed
limits into their thinking.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
When the elephants are still
small, weighing around 150
pounds they get tied up with a
very heavy rope. All day long,
the elephants try to get rid of
it, whine, tug at it and some of
them even try to chew it. But
they can’t break free.
Finally the elephant
gives up and the fight
is over.

From this moment on,


they strongly believe
that there is absolutely
no chance to get rid of
the rope.
They accept the “fact” that the rope
limits them. And with this imprinted
belief in place, their handlers are able
to tie them with extremely small
ropes, even as adults weighing 8,000
pounds and more, they never attempt
to break free, because they “know”
they have no chance at all!

As you can see,


the elephants
limits are not real
but exist only in
their minds.
We also have built-in boundaries.
They are also not real but exist only in our minds.
But it doesn’t have to stay this way. Our negative
belief systems don’t have to limit us for good.

If you truly want to


become successful and
are not kidding yourself,
you can change your
inner belief system, your
attitude, and break your
inner boundaries.
You might feel that there are certain characteristics
of your personality that are part of you and therefore
cannot change; it's just the way you are, the way God
made you. Although it's true that you have certain
inborn traits, certain strengths and weaknesses, this
doesn't mean that you can never change.
You might wonder how this can be, how you can
change what you feel is a long-standing habit, an
almost ingrained characteristic, and turn it into
something different.

It just takes a sincere desire to put in efforts


and determination to follow through.
You always have the inner
strength, the personal power to
change everything in your life for
the better.
Just try!
Never give up.
Stop acting like an elephant!

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