Also, it reminds me a story of the frog whose dream is to see the world outside the well.
The story goes like this.
There was a group of frogs living in the well. They live in that well since they were born. They never thought of hopping outside the well. Their ancestors told them stories of other frogs who dared to go out of the well.
Their ancestors tell them this horror story since they were a tadpole. The world outside this well is full of monsters. There was this young frog on his mid-20s (I’m using here Frog Calendar, okay? Believe me, their calendar is different from Gregorian calendar we use in our everyday life) who dares to jump off and leave this place. He never came back. He was eaten by monsters. He was eaten by giant monsters living outside this well.
These monsters have huge teeth that can crush every bone in your body. They have huge claws that would rip your skin apart. They use every inch of their strength to get you as a test subject in their biology class. So that they will dissect you and do anything and everything to make you suffer the rest of your life.
Every time a group of tadpole hears this story they were so scared. They were so scared to be eaten, to become test subject, to be dissected. They don’t want this to happen to them. So they never dared to jump out. They never did.
So they just play, eat, hop, jump, sleep and everything a typical group of frog is fond of doing. These activities were all done in the well.
But there was a frog who does not believe in this story. He believes that there’s a larger playground outside that well. In his mind he believes that the world outside the well is a larger playground where they could play, eat, hop, jump, sleep and everything a typical group of frog is fond of doing.
One day, he shared this idea on his parents. But his parents never believed him. They did not agree on a huge playground outside the well. They said that jumping off the well is a suicide.
However, Frogo has a different vision. He still sees a huge world outside the well.
Every day he trained so hard to reach the edge. Every day he works so hard. Every day he plans a strategy on how to use the walls of the well.
Then one day, he said to himself “today is the day to get out of the well.”
So he jumped as high as he could. He jumped and jumped until he was halfway through. At the middle of his ascent, he got tired. He is so exhausted. He started slipping on the side of the well. He started to worry. Other side of his mind said that he can’t make it but the other half keeps on pushing and reminding him that he’s near.
Of course, he trusted the other half of his brain, the one who reminded him to make that push. So he kept on jumping.
Eventually he got out of the well.
He saw the huge lake in front of him.
It was an overwhelming site. There were no monsters. There were no Biology students. Only a giant lake just like he saw on his vision.
He looked down on the well saying that his right. There’s a huge lake outside the well.
But his friend never heard him.
So he jumped off and enjoyed the huge lake he discovered.
There’s an ocean of opportunities outside your comfort zone. There are obstacles that block your path to success. But I tell you, most of the successful people (Bo Sanchez, Robert Kiyosaki, my IMG mentors, etc) did what Frogo did. They made that decision to jump outside their comfort zone.
Do you want to be successful? Do what they did. Make that jump.
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