Hello and welcome to this track.
Now this is something a little bit different.
It is actually based in the world of NLP but it's a story and it's all about how you can manage your own state in any situation and how you can be a positive influence.
This is actually a story about three things,
Carrots,
Eggs and coffee beans.
So you might be thinking,
Okay Jack,
Why are you going to tell me a story about these three things?
And that's because they actually all behave differently when they are in a challenging situation.
And just like ourselves,
We all behave and respond differently to different challenges.
So carrots,
Eggs and coffee beans behave differently when they are faced with the challenge of boiling water.
And of course they all turn out different.
So the first one,
Carrots.
Now carrots,
Before they go into boiling water,
Are quite hard on the outside.
And when they go in and they're boiled,
They turn soft.
And this can be very much like ourselves in our own lives.
We can go into challenging situations and feel as if we have all the resources we need,
That we can actually deal with that challenge consistently.
And sometimes over time we find that actually we don't actually have the capabilities,
The resources.
We can sometimes soften in the face of those challenges and feel as if that we can't cope with them.
Now eggs,
Eggs deal with things differently.
Before an egg goes into boiling water,
It's quite soft.
And once it's boiled,
It can turn hard.
And this is sometimes like how we are in our lives.
When we go into challenges and we are,
We feel like we have perhaps not all of the resources that we need.
Or maybe we feel that we are soft and have great,
Great intentions.
And then the challenge itself takes over and it makes us hard.
It can harden our heart and harden our spirit.
And we turn into a boiled egg.
So what about coffee beans?
What about coffee beans and how they deal with the challenge of boiling water?
Well,
Coffee itself,
When it goes into boiling water,
Will actually turn it to coffee.
It doesn't change.
The coffee bean itself,
After it's been turned into whatever it might be that it's going into the boiling water as,
It doesn't change itself.
It actually influences the boiling water.
It changes the challenge.
It actually influences it in a positive way.
It turns it into coffee.
And coffee that can be really a rich,
Rich,
Robust,
Maybe Colombian coffee that's really got an amazing aroma and becomes attractive to people.
People will go miles to get the right cup of coffee.
That's how much influence it has.
So the invitation to you is to remember this story and remember that you have the opportunity to influence the challenge that you find yourself in.
Recognize when you're being a carrot,
When you're turning soft.
Recognize when you've been an egg and you're turning hard and actually choose to be a coffee bean and influence the situation in a positive and amazing way.
And that's the story.
Take it away with you.
Hashtag be the bean and you always have the opportunity to have a positive influence on the challenges that you find yourself in.
So thank you for listening.
My name's Jackie Wright,
Otherwise known as The Cockney Coach.
And if you have any comments at all or any insights into the story I've just told you,
Then please let me know in the comments.
I will always respond.
And thank you for listening.
And as always,
Much love.
