Kids know how to do it (11/20)

KID: "Please mum, can I have a lollie"?

MUM: "No"

KID: "Please mum, can I have a lollie"?

MUM: "No"

KID: "But I really want one, I'll be good, I promise!"

MUM: "I said already...NO"!

KID: "Please mum, I won't ask for anything else, I just want one lollie!"

MUM: Arrgghh!!!

KID: "Please, Please, Please!

MUM: "Ohhhh, if it stops you annoying me, OK, yes you can have a lollie!"

KID: "Thanks mum, you are the best"!

Is this familiar to anyone???

Kids are great at getting what they want.

They figure out what it is they want and they will stop at nothing until they get it.

Sure they become a little irritating, but they still get what they want.

No matter how many "NO's" they receive, they persevere until they hear the "YES" they are after.

Why, as adults, do we lose this characterisitic?

As adults, any sign of someone telling us NO and we give up just like that!

We may have a great idea in our head but someone tells us it is a silly idea, so we give up in a heart beat!

What happened to the child like perserverance?

That never say die attitude?

It seems as adults we are programmed to accept someone else's opinion as the gospel and therefore we forget about any of our grand plans.

Here's my advice (for what it is worth) Not everybody has your best interests at heart (and even if they do, it doesn't mean what they are suggesting to you is what you need to hear.)

Family members are a prime example of this.

Yes they love you but it doesn't mean they know what is best for you.

Only you can know that.

So, never take NO for an answer.

"But Matt what if 1000 people tell me it is a crap idea?"

Colonel Sanders went to over 1000 service station restaurants before someone finally bought his chicken recipe.

Over 1000!

Lucky he didn't take NO for an answer or we would never have been able to experience KFC.

Lucky us.

If you have a great idea and you think the world would be a better place for it, then get it out there and tell as many people as possible about it.

Never take no for an answer.

If they say NO, you say NEXT!

Keep intensity high and excuses low.

Matt Collins