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How Many Fingers Am I Holding Up?
By Daegan | April 23, 2007
I was flipping through the channels on my TV a few nights
ago and happened across a movie called “Patch Adams”. I
didn’t watch the entire movie, but I did watch one snippet.
The main character admitted himself to a mental hospital for
fear he may commit suicide and as he entered the main lounge
he looked around the room to see many not so sane people off
in their own worlds.
One man came up to him and said “How many fingers am I
holding up?” He was holding up four fingers and so the main
character answered four. The man called the main character
dumb and went off raving.
Later it was made known that the person who had asked the
main character that simple question was once a genius
scientist and mathematician who had pushed his genius a
little too far ending up well . . . In a mental institute.
Patch, the main character, a few scenes later ended up in the
once genius scientist’s room and was asked the same question
again to which Patch answered the same.
The scientist said “No, you’re looking at the wrong things,
look past the immediate problem and then answer. No new
novel solution can be gained from only focusing on the
problem.”
Patch did this and answered 8, as he looked past the man’s
hand.
The scientist smiled and said “Yes! Now you see!”
It was late at night when I first saw this and I didn’t really
pay much attention to it, but just this morning for a reason
I can’t quite describe I replayed that scene in my mind.
And it hit me just how profound what that “crazy” man had
said in the movie.
Look past the immediate problem and that’s where you’ll find
the answers that others don’t see.
Many of us begin a network marketing business with only the
immediate problem in mind.
“I need money, I’m not getting my bills paid and I need a
way out. How can I solve this?”
At least that’s the path that brought me to network
marketing . . .
And at the beginning I focused on this, my problem, and made
no headway.
It wasn’t until I looked past my problem that I found a novel
solution that wasn’t so explored and in that is where I
found real growth and success.
If you focus on your problems what happens is your mind
answers with explanations for why that problem exists.
“Why don’t I have any money in my savings?”
Answer:
“I can barely pay my bills with what I make, so I can’t
save.”
It’s an answer but it doesn’t get you anywhere. It just
explains the problem.
Better question . . .
“How can I solve the problems of those who have the same
issues I have?”
Answer:
“What are my problems? How do I solve those? How do I make
those solutions something that will benefit others?”
You’ll see in the second instance when you look past your
immediate issues you’re mind won’t find an immediate answer,
but it will lead you to the questions that will.
That’s where growth occurs, that’s where your REAL solution
lies, if you follow that path.
Look past what’s right in front of you and an entirely new
realm of solutions will open up.
Solutions you would never have seen had you only focused
right on the issue at hand.
To the top,
Daegan
“The King Of Never Calling A Single Lead”
P.S. What if you could learn how to grow your network
marketing business without picking up the phone, without
buying leads, without spending massive amounts of money, and
actually generate a revenue starting today, learn a system
that will duplicate what’s effective today? What if . . .
Topics: Network Marketing Success, Internet Home Based Business Motivation |
April 24th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Hey Daegan
Awesome blog! Thanks for sharing this revelation with us. It’s easy to see past the obvious sometimes, that’s for sure. Wish you continued success - oh and I’m lovin’ the t-shirt! lol
Your Bud,
~~ ISABEL ~~
April 25th, 2007 at 5:04 am
Hey Daegan,
Great job with the blog and everything else you have been working so hard on for the past weeks and months. You’ve inspired my own blog and I look forward to sharing success stories with you!
April 25th, 2007 at 8:37 am
Hi Deagan,
gosh - you´re on the right track! Listened to one of your training calls last night. My hand hurt from
taking notes - awesome stuff.
Keep up whatever you do!
smiley:)
Nirupama
April 25th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
Fully agree that focusing on the problem won’t help…it’s smarter to focus on the solution.
But I like the way you put it…looking past the problem. That’s truly a paradigm shift for some that will surely turnaround their entire network marketing business!
Keep sharing, Daegan…thanks