My younger brother started his career as a salesman employed in a two-man sales team. They worked well together and soon became bosom buddies. Unfortunately, his teammate was a diehard management rebel. Eventually, with a short notice, my brother was promoted and was immediately instructed to restructure the team. In a consolidation exercise he was required to fire his non-conformist teammate. That's when his nightmare began, thrusting him in to a depressed mood for several days. As the weekend approached, he could no longer contain his predicament and telephoned me for advice. I explained that it's fruitless to mull over the matter, so go ahead, enjoy the weekend. I then advised him to meet up with his ex-teammate the first thing on the following Monday morning and calmly tell him what has to be done. Should there be any issues, the ex-teammate could refer to the departmental head.
In the 2 weeks that followed, there was no word from my brother. Curious, I telephoned him and inquired of the result. He just gave me a "matter-of-fact" reply that doing what I said was easier than thinking about it.
Now, that is one of the dysfunctions of the Thinking Mind.
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What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning - and some of them many times over - what do you find? That you can swim.
Well, life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be just thinking about it or be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live except by doing it!
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