So much of Upside Thinking is about the words you choose and how they affect your level of success both personally and professionally. Today, I opened up my inbox to an email that made me laugh.....and reminded me of the power of our words as they relate to our ability to act. Enjoy!

Once upon a time there were a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a running competition.
The goal was to reach the top of a very high tower.

A big crowd had gathered around the tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.

No one in the crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would reach the top of the tower.

You heard statements such as, "Oh, WAY too difficult!!" "They will NEVER make it to the top."
and, "Not a chance that they will succeed. The tower is too high!"

Over time, the tiny frogs began collapsing, one by one....except for those, who in a fresh tempo, were climbing higher and higher.

The crowd continued to yell, "It is too difficult!!! No one will make it!"

At the end, everyone else had given up climbing the tower except for one tiny frog who was the only one who reached the top!

THEN all of the other tiny frogs naturally wanted to know how this one frog managed to do it?
A contestant asked the tiny frog how he had found the strength to succeed and reach the goal?

It turned out that the winner was DEAF!!!!

The wisdom of this story is:
Never listen to other people's tendencies to be downside or negative bcause they take your most wonderful
dreams and ability to design your own destiny.