Childhood Beliefs
The elephant example:
In circuses, elephants are trained from an early age to become attractions using the simplest thing: a piece of rope. They are tied up to learn that they cannot go beyond the length of the rope.
As they grow up, they still respect the limited space they’ve learned and no matter how strong or big they grow, they continue to obey this rule and to believe that they are tied by the rope and cannot go beyond that limited distance.
How many times in life do we face this rope? How many times have we given up on something because we believe it was not perfect? It is essential to cut this rope if we want to leave that belief in perfection behind and, with that, procrastination.
When we put this into practice, we start to feel better about ourselves and that is a big step towards facing procrastination and fear.
Whenever you think you can’t finish something, it’s important to take that step and deliver the best you can do right now.
