Mindset story: The tightrope story about walking the walk
In the middle of the 1800s, the most famous tightrope walker in the world was a man called “The Great Blondin!” Blondin was famous for crossing Niagara Falls on a tightrope and people came from all over the world to watch him perform the feat.
On one such occasion Blondin, known for his showmanship, called out to the crowd, “I am The Great Blondin! Who believes I can cross over Niagara Falls on this tightrope?” The crowd was excited and called out to him, “We believe, Blondin, we believe!”
Next, Blondin pulled a handkerchief from his back pocket, tied it around his head and called out: “I am The Great Blondin! Who believes I can cross over Niagara Falls on this tightrope, while blindfolded?” The crowd, more jazzed up than before, called out, “We believe, Blondin, we believe!”
Then Blondin whisked away a sheet and revealed a wheelbarrow standing behind him. He called out once more to the ecstatic crowd, “I am The Great Blondin! Who believes I can cross over Niagara Falls on this tightrope, blindfolded while pushing this wheelbarrow?” The crowd was practically roaring now! “We believe, Blondin, we believe!”
Finally, Blondin summoned the crowd to silence and spoke once more, “I am The Great Blondin! ….. Now, who wants to get in the wheelbarrow?”
And no one made a sound.
Moral of the story:
- As did the people in the story cheer before the last question, so will the people in your life, until you ask something really important to you of them… something that will make them invest something of theirs to you. That is how you find out who is really there for you and who is not.
- In business many times the employees are too afraid to speak up to their bosses because trust is not established between them. Because of it employees only say what they think their bosses want to hear.
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