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3 Legged Dog Beats Human
Is this dog smarter than you?
It was high noon on Memorial Day. As I sat on the sunny porch with my dad, waiting for the village parade to go by (as it has for 50 years now) I noticed his neighbor had a rather unique dog.
It was a black lab. You could tell it was young, not puppy young, but young enough to be super curious and playful. Full of energy this dog.
“What’s so unusual about that?” you may be asking.
When he turned the other way to run back from chasing his ball, I could see that he had just three legs. One of his rear legs was missing. But it didn’t slow him down a lick!
I asked my dad if he knew why he had only three legs and he told me it got hit by a car after the family had him just a week. They had to choose to either put the dog down, or to amputate the injured leg. They chose life for this little fellow. And the dog couldn’t be happier.
To his mind, he’s just a dog. Like any other dog. He runs, he plays, he jumps. Just a little differently than the other dogs, but he gits-r-done! To his mind he has not lost anything. He is what he is. He works with what he’s got. And he doesn’t bemoan the fact that others have more to work with.
And that’s when it occurred to me that this dog beats many humans in that regard. So often we dwell on our perceived shortcomings. We dwell on “if only”. We feel handicapped in some regard. If not physically, then mentally. We focus on the wrong things and let them excuse us from trying. From doing.
We all have shortcomings. Fact is, there will always be people we perceive as “better” than us and people “worse” than us. But that doesn’t negate the value of our contribution. Our way of doing things, even if half-baked, might just be the key to someone’s kingdom. Your way of explaining things might just resonate with them in a way that no one else can.
Focus on your strengths. Focus on what’s good about you.
Forget about comparing yourself to anyone else at the start. Just do your thing. If you want to write, then write. Don’t be the judge and jury all by yourself before writing the first word. Write it and send it out. Soon enough the market, your clients, your fans, the people who matter to you will let you know if your message has value.
Focus on the good in you. What you know. And share.
Don’t get beat by no dog! Go play.
If you need help, I’ll help you. Just ask.
This Eliminates Writer’s Block Forever!
Putting a Stop to Writer’s Block
Do you ever get “writer’s block”?
You know, that feeling when you sit at the keyboard or with pen and paper and you need to write something, but can’t?
You’re stumped. Clueless. And as the minutes tick by, you become more and more stressed about wasting your time. But there it is. A deadline that won’t go away!
What to do!
Here’s a tip. Just start writing. Anything!
Write complete nonsense. Create lists of anything. Just write words as they come into your head or as you look around the room.
Like real physical exercise to get our body moving, sometimes we just have to start, move a little to get the momentum going. It’s the same with our writing.
Once you begin by cracking open the idea spigot, thoughts suddenly begin to flow out. Slowly at first, but once begun you’ll find it hard to turn off.
I’ve included a simple Writer’s Idea Matrix to help you. Simply mix words from different columns in the matrix to begin generating ideas. You can also use this matrix as a template to create your own industry or topic specific matrix. Feel free to share the pdf matrix file with whomever you like. Post it on Facebook if you think it will help someone you know.
Short and sweet today. I’m looking forward to celebrating the Memorial Day Holiday with friends and family.
This year will be particularly special since I’m now devoting a great deal of time on a book and program to help our 1000’s of war veterans deal with PTSD, post-tramatic stress disorder.
If you know a veteran who might be interested in offering or contributing his or her own unique story to the book or could benefit from having a copy when completed, please put them in touch with me.
by Bob Schwarztrauber
