Monday Morning Motivations Tenacity Pays

Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
December 11, 2006 Issue 228

From the Desk of Bob

Welcome to our newest subscribers. Both Vicki and I truly have enjoyed bringing Monday Morning Motivations to our readers–now numbering nearly 700–each week for these past four years or so. We are so very blessed to have so many readers from all over the planet. To the best of my knowledge, we haven’t missed a week since we began publishing MMM back in 2002.

That is about to change however. Vicki and I have decided to give each other a little break over the holidays, since both Christmas and New Year’s Day are on Mondays, and so we will be publishing a special Christmas issue next Monday (December 18) as our last issue of 2006, and will resume publication on January 8, 2007.

We figure most of you won’t miss us too much over the holidays since you will be as busy as we are planning to be, making the most of the time we will have to spend with our loved ones.

Have a FANTASTIC week! Bob

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Seeds of Success: Letting Go

By Robert A. Prentice

This week I was reminded of a story I once read about how monkeys are trapped in Southeast Asia and the South Seas. A small hole is drilled in a coconut and filled with rice. When the monkey sticks his hand into the hole and grabs a handful of rice he can’t get it out, since he refuses to let go of the rice held in his clenched fist.

Incredibly, we humans do this very same thing. No, I don’t mean we go around getting our fists stuck in coconuts. However, we do have our mind-sets and ways of doing things that we refuse to let go of. We hang on to these habits and attitudes with a ferocity and tenacity that is second to none and we just don’t want to let go.

The other day, I was talking with a good friend about this very thing. He was lamenting that he sometimes is pretty overwhelmed with his business and knows he needs to relinquish some of his responsibilities. In response, I asked him, “How do you eat an elephant?” Of course the answer to that question is: “You eat an elephant one bite at a time.” And that is exactly how we should let go of those things that keep holding us back from really maximizing our living–a little bit at a time.

Trust me. I have many of these attitudes myself that I keep hanging on to. For instance, I can be very set in my ways about how to administrate our business, and it is hard for me to release control to someone else even though I know I should. However, when I do let go, it allows me to focus on something else that is usually a higher priority. Letting go also tends to produce greater results in the end.

What are you hanging on to and refusing to let go of? Look into both your personal and professional life. Develop some step by step action plans to let go and charge forward to new opportunities, taking the necessary risks to attain the success you desire.

And remember this: Hang on when and where you really have to. Do not be afraid to let go when and where you really have to. Don’t attempt to let go of things all at once. Instead, take just like you’d eat an elephant–a little bit at a time.

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