First of all, have you watched the, “Battle At Kruger” video? If not, then scroll down to the previous post and watch the video in it’s entirety, read the post and then leave a comment! Then venture back to this post and continue on with the discussion of this video. Please tell me what you think. This blog is receiving plenty of hits but I still don’t see anyone posting comments! You do the math on that one! Please register and post comments. Your feedback is what makes all of this even possible!
So what else can we take personally from this unique video from the web. There is a lot that can be taken from this video. One of the things that I felt was that this video was a great example of the power of perseverance.
At any moment that calf could have given up his fight for life, just laid down and not resisted the frontal attacks by the lions or the crocodiles. If so, he may have been dead even before the herd had a chance to even attempt a rescue. Do we at the first sign of any resistance find ourselves giving in to heavy pressures? Or are we similar to this calf and fighting fully for our dreams and in all actuality, our life?
Or how about the power in numbers? Just the sheer numbers of that herd was enough to scare off a pack of lions. In our Online pursuits, the power of numbers can never be under estimated! Could you use the support of others giving you much needed encouragement whenever times seem to be at their roughest? Who couldn’t?! How about others pushing you to chase your pursuits and accomplish your goals?
I’m in the process of creating something that will do just that: Create power in numbers! Stay tuned for that.
For now just post a comment telling me how this video could apply to you directly or indirectly. I can’t wait to read and reply to your comments!
This video has been circulating on the Internet for some time now. You may have already viewed it before, because a lot of people have. It is very close to having 26, 500, 000 views. Now that’s a lot of views. So, you see why I said you may have viewed this video already.
If you have viewed this video already then you know that it’s worth your time to view it again. For the ones who have not viewed it already, enjoy. This video is about eight-and-a-half minutes long. Trust me when I say that after a minute you won’t even realize that fact.
I have to warn you ahead of time that you have to watch the whole video to the very end or the video analysis will be incomplete. Alright, enough from me, watch the video, then read the rest of the post and leave your comment about it all. Whether you agree with my analysis or not, let me know either way!
I’ll see you guys on the other side of the video!
So what does this video have to do with you, you may be mumbling to yourself. For me it reminds me of an analogy that I’ve heard many different times. I’m sure you’ve heard people say, “There are three/two (or however many they decide to use) different types of people in this world…” At which point they fill in the rest with their brilliant analogy.
Well here is mine… “There are three types of people in this world… There are the spectators, the instigators and those that are participators. Now in the case of this video I don’t think that I can find the real instigators. Some may say the crocodiles were but in reality they were participants in the action.
Now you can be more than one of these but even if you are, there is always one attribute that is always going to be more predominate in your personality then any of the other two. For the sake of this analysis we’ll say that the crocodiles were participators.
The other participants were of course, the buffalo and the lions. The spectators, was quite evidently those who were videotaping the whole incident as it unfolded.
Now you can run into situations on many different levels just like this one everyday, yet, the players in the game will be the same: Spectators, Instigators & Participators. Now, spectators have the least courage of them all. Some will watch from an up close vantage point, or some from far away in the safety of an opened window but never will they be directly involved in the action!
Remember the folks in the car? How many times can you remember them saying, “Oh, it’s too late! It’s too late!” That’s a spectators position, being uninvolved in the action but still highly opinionated about it’s development and even the outcome. Yet, their comments are more times than none out of the hearing range of the participtors. Heaven forbid they be called out on their honest opinion!
On the other hand, the instigator has just enough courage to be right up in the fray of things not only spectating but also instigating the action. An instigator would have said to the buffalo, “You just going to let them take that calf like that? If that was me I wouldn’t go for that at all!” Then to the lions he would have said, “What’s wrong with you guys? All of you big hungry lions and none of you guys could even take that small calf!” While all the while saying to the crocodiles, “I knew the lions was the king of the jungle! This just proves what I’ve been saying! I told you Hippo. Didn’t I tell you?”
In the meantime, all of the participants are the most courageous of all three. They not only had a plan of attack but they were also willing to act on their plans and put their plan into action. Win, lose or draw they can be satisfied in the thought that at least they were in the game. You can’t score from the bench!
Wayne Gretsky, arguably one of the greatest hockey players to ever put the skates on, once said, “100% of the shots that are never taken, never score!” Or something to that effect, the exact quote fails me but that was the gist of his remark.
Those who don’t even attempt to implement a plan in pursuit of their desires will always fail. “To try is to risk failure. To not try at all, is to guarantee it!” Some people refuse to ask a question, for fear that they will be told NO. Not even realizing, when they decided not to ask, that they still received the NO that they were trying so hard to avoid.
My question to you is this, “Of the three personalities mentioned, which one are you?”
I have another viewpoint on this video that applies to everyday life but I’ll save that post for another day!
I received an email from one of the many Internet Marketing newsletters that I am currently subscribed to and I was truly inspired by the story.
As you can see from my headline this story is about an amazing young man on a high school wrestling team that happens to be handicapped. This kid, who by the way has a record of 36-1, overcame all odds to become the best in his class. I mean that in more ways than one!
Just thinking about the inspiration that this kid provides can be an inspiration to us all! Are you considering giving up your online aspirations and submitting to the pressures that continually press on you to just focus on your everyday rat race? Think of this kid! The constant naysayers, who just may be part of your closest support system, in your own household! Think of this kid! Those ones that look at you sideways whenever you express your goal to build an online empire that will enable you to quit your day job, make a living from your online adventures and quite possibly amass a fortune in this very lucrative field. Think of this kid!
When this kid was asked how did he overcome the incredible odds that were stacked against him his reply was, “I just love the sport of wrestling!” His love for what he was doing was enough to enable him to overcome a handicap that almost everyone else thought would be insurmountable, including myself!
Do you love your dream enough to overcome all of the odds stacked against you in your pursuit of an Internet Marketing career. A career of financial freedom and the ability to pursue what is most important to you such as: more free time to spend with family, the ability to make purchases without having to balance your checkbook or even sacrifice something else that you may want just to do so, the freedom to say I don’t feel like working today or the option of taking your family or loved ones on a vacation anywhere on the globe!
When you feel this way remember this story of the handicapped kid who became one of the best wrestlers despite it all. THINK OF THIS KID!
The kid who was 36-1, despite all the odds. Despite his handicap of having no arms or any legs. Can you imagine that? Imagine the criticism and ridicule he faced when he told others that he wanted to be a wrestler. Not just from outsiders but quite possibly from his closest friends and family who may have thought they were protecting him by telling him that’s not a good idea! Imagine how many naysayers and people looking at him sideways that he had to endure.
When you do think about giving up on your dream to pursue an income online, think of this kid, then get back to your pursuit of happyness!
