Imagine a bunch of crabs scratching around in a rusty metal bucket. Suddenly, one of the crabs decides to escape. It slowly climbs the side of the bucket. The other crabs don’t seem to appreciate this crab climbing above them, so they pull it back down. If the ambitious crab tries to climb again, the crabs continue to pull it down. This is known as the crab bucket syndrome.
People have been known to behave like crabs, envious that somebody is willing and able to climb above them. To make matters worse, your own self-doubt can behave like an overcritical crab trying to pull you down.
You may have this type of struggle, especially if you have “friends,” family, work mates or colleagues who resent or ridicule your ambition to rise. Or, self-doubt tells you that you can’t do it, that you’re not strong enough, young enough, old enough, smart enough or talented enough.
It takes persistence and determination to climb out of life’s crab buckets and to find your own way in this world. But, you are the decision-maker of your life. You can choose and then act on your choices and climb. You can succeed to the extent that you are willing to trust yourself, learn what you need to learn, and take consistent action.
It’s time to crawl out of the crab bucket of other people’s expectations and face your own. Nothing less will do. You can’t get what you want inside a crab bucket.
This was an excerpt from the book Get What You Want! (http://bit.ly/clXlNi) by Ken West
People have been known to behave like crabs, envious that somebody is willing and able to climb above them. To make matters worse, your own self-doubt can behave like an overcritical crab trying to pull you down.
You may have this type of struggle, especially if you have “friends,” family, work mates or colleagues who resent or ridicule your ambition to rise. Or, self-doubt tells you that you can’t do it, that you’re not strong enough, young enough, old enough, smart enough or talented enough.
It takes persistence and determination to climb out of life’s crab buckets and to find your own way in this world. But, you are the decision-maker of your life. You can choose and then act on your choices and climb. You can succeed to the extent that you are willing to trust yourself, learn what you need to learn, and take consistent action.
It’s time to crawl out of the crab bucket of other people’s expectations and face your own. Nothing less will do. You can’t get what you want inside a crab bucket.
This was an excerpt from the book Get What You Want! (http://bit.ly/clXlNi) by Ken West
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