Business Mindset: The Man and the Butterfly!

Today I'm going to share a writing that was inspired by a very similar piece. A piece without a known author and far to many variations. So, rather than spending my time sorting out which variation I like most I chose to rewrite the piece in my voice and word. Enjoy...

The Trapped Butterfly!

One day a man found a butterfly cocoon. Wanting to watch the butterfly emerge from the cocoon the man took the cocoon home.

Several days later the man noticed a small opening in the cocoon. Curious, he decided to watch. After several hours of watching the butterfly struggle to squeeze it's body through the tiny opening the man noticed the butterfly's progress had come to a stop. It seemed as if the butterfly could go no further.

The butterfly was trapped!

Deciding to help the butterfly, the man took a pair of scissors and snipped away the remaining cocoon. Eventually setting the butterfly free.

As the man eagerly watched the butterfly, with it's swollen body and small, shriveled wings, he could not help to wonder how long it would take for the butterfly to spread it's wings and to fly away.

After an hour or two of watching the swollen butterfly crawl around on the ground the man decided he could wait no longer. His curiosity had faded and his frustration grown as he began to realize the butterfly was not going to fly with such small and shriveled wings.

What happened, the man wondered?

In his hurry to free the butterfly the man did not stop to consider what he did not know: the cocoon and it's small opening where designed to make the butterfly struggle. Without the struggle the fluids from the butterfly's body would not be forced into it's wings. Without the fluids being forced into the wings the butterfly would not fly.

Like the butterfly sometimes the struggle is what helps us to reach our potential!

- What is the biggest challenge you are facing right now?
- What is the benefit of facing your biggest challenge?
- What will it take for you to face your challenge?

To your success,

James (Mr. Possible)