Lessons from the Little Engine that Could

 As I was running yesterday morning, which is something I do 3 mornings a week, I was thinking about the children's storybook, The Little Engine That Could.

I'm training for a marathon which, by the way, is entirely different than training for a sprint!

The training includes running 3 days a week, strength training 3 days a week and recovery work on the other day. So it's a pretty demanding schedule for me at 73 years young!

But as I ran yesterday, it became clear to me that in running, just like in business, and in relationships; and really in anything that matters, we can choose to be like "the Little Engine that Could." As she toiled to pull the train up the hill, she continually repeated, "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can." And that became a self-fulfilling prophetic word. And she could!

So many times we say to ourselves or even declare out loud, "I can't do this, I can't do this, I can't do this." And that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. And we can't.

It's a choice that we reinforce with our words!

In reality, we are right if we say we can and we're right if we say we can't. The choice is entirely ours.

If you go back and read the book, you'll see that there were two engines that came along and refused to help the one that was in trouble. Even sadder than "I can't" is "I won't!"

So which one are you. What is your goal? Or do you even have one? And what are you willing to do and say to make sure you accomplish it?

Make it a great day!

Sharon

Queen of Excuses

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