DON'T BE A DONKEY

Today I'm going to tell you how you should have confidence that you can do anything that you want to. And I'm going to start off by telling you a story and telling you not to be a donkey. There's an old tale that says if you were to put a donkey, which are considered very stupid animals, and have it stand there and with equal distance, to its right you put water and. And to its left you put hey. So it could drink or it could eat, that if they were equal distance away, it wouldn't know which one is closer. It wouldn't be able to make the decision which one it wanted first and that the donkey would die because it wouldn't be able to make the decision. This very, very simple decision it would not be able to make. And some of the problems that people have and why this story relates to you is because most people have big dreams or big things they want for their lives, but they have a million things they want to do, and in turn, they never do anything. They just sit there because they have paralysis by analysis. They think of all of the things they could do, all of the things they want to do, and then they do nothing. And so what I'm going to tell you is this. You can have and do anything that you want to in life. You could do pretty much anything that you want to in the 80, 85, 90 years that you're on this planet. But you just can't do them all at one time. And so the easiest thing to do is to look at what you want to do and realize that you still have 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 years on this planet. You don't have to worry about doing everything right now. What you need to do is think about what you want to do, think about everything you want to do, then go, what do I need to focus on right now? Do I need to focus on the water or do I need to focus on the hay? Because if I try to go after both of them at the same time, I won't be able to make the decision of which one I want. Another example of this is the quick story, I guess a quick phrase that you can't chase two rabbits and expect to catch both of them. What you have to do is make the decision of which rabbit you want to go for. Because if you try to catch both rabbits, it's not going to happen. It's impossible. You need to look at both of them, decide which one you want to go for first, and go for that rabbit. So if you're paralyzed, if you're not doing anything if you feel demotivated. The reason why is because you might have paralysis by analysis. You might be holding yourself back by thinking of all of the things that you want to do. And so the easiest things to do to not be a donkey is to decide which one you're going to focus on right now. And so next time you feel paralysis by analysis, tell yourself this one quick phrase. Don't be a donkey. Because you can have and do anything that you want to, but you just can't do all of it at one time.