The story of two frogs – negative frog/positive frog
The story of Two Frogs
Negative Frog, or Positive frog, which one are YOU?
Two frogs were hopping through a farm yard one day, when they both jumped into a bucket of milk. As they were both very thirsty, they drank the bucket dry and sat at the bottom of the bucket feeling very full. After a short while, around a dozen frogs came over to the top of the bucket and started screaming that the farmer was coming and he was going to get them. The screaming got louder and louder and both the frogs started to hop as high as they could, so that they could try and get out of the bucket.
The frogs who were watching at the side, started to scream louder and louder, except this time, they started screaming negative comments such as that they would not be able to get out as they had drank too much and that the farmer was getting closer and closer. As the negativity increased from the frogs, then the two frogs just tried harder and harder to try and get out. Eventually, one of the frogs, believing what his friends had been saying, just gave up and sat at the bottom of the bucket to wait for his fate. On the other hand, the other frog was even more determined and as the frogs screaming got even louder, he launched one final effort and he managed to hop out of the bucket to safety.
As you read this, you probably want to know how the second frog managed to hop out of the bucket?
He was deaf. He could not hear what the frogs were saying.
You see the first frog gave up because he kept hearing his fellow frogs saying that he could not do it, so he agreed with them and gave up and of course the farmer got him. Because he was deaf, the second frog thought that his fellow frogs were encouraging him and that they were being positive, then that encouraged him even more and of course he managed to get away and he survived.
So what message can we take from this story. Well after this week, several lessons come to mind. Like everyone else in the U.K. I have been intrigued with what has been going on in the world economy and last Tuesday night I started watching the 10.00 pm news. By the end of it, I was so depressed and I must have had the worst night’s sleep I have had in ages. You know what – the news had got to me. The next day I was working from home and as I switched on my computer to check my emails, I was exhausted and again feeling down. However, in my in -box, I had received three testimonial letters from delighted clients who had taken my course the previous week, with one dentist telling me that the next day he had secured a £10,000 treatment plan. Another telling me that they had managed to secure over £15,000 worth of treatment in 7 days and another thanking me for a great two day programme I had delivered in Salisbury the week before .
How did you think I felt after this?
I can re-assure you it was show time all day in my office and it has been show time all week. Since Tuesday, all I have listened to is music in my office and Personal Development CDS in my car. I have decided to become deaf to all the bad news and ensure that what I listen to and read, is only positive.
