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Do we have to fight?

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Do you know this feeling of the little (wo)man telling you that “you can’t do it!” when you try something difficult or challenging?

Don’t you hate listening to that voice? Fighting it over and over, again and again - for many years…

Let me ask you this:
Why do you fight?


Don’t you both want the same? So stop fighting and start to work together with that little one in your mind!

Many years ago when I was trying to become a cycle racer I had that little voice too… Telling me to take it easy - pedal slower and have less pain… Here is what I did: I told the voice that once at home I could have a nice cold malt beer (cyclist burn a lot of calories!). So every time the voice starting to tell me to get slower I said: “But don’t you want the beer faster?” An unbeatable argument! I did always win: The voice stopped asking to slow down after a while and then later pushed me to get faster - to get the beer ;)

Thank that little voice every time it comes up for helping you not to step blindly into every trap out there!

Still having difficulties? Here another trick I have learned over the time: Let other’s answer the questions your little voice has. If the argument isn’t coming directly from you - that little (wo)man is convinced way faster!

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  • Frank Kanu on Wednesday, March 30th, 2005 @ 22:11
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  1. TheLoneCodeman
    02:47 on Thursday, March 31st, 2005
    Have you read the published correspondence between Einstein and Freud? They deal with why we tend to use violence. It is a great reading about pacifism.

    Have a look at http://www.cis.vt.edu/modernworld/d/Einstein.html

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