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Dear Jane,
What do you mean by “endurance” and what’s wrong with it? I always thought enduring was a good thing.
As we approach a new year, determined to make and keep our New Year’s resolutions (this time), I want to encourage you to resolve to thrive, not just endure. When I’m interviewed on radio or TV, I am always asked what the distinction is. I use an analogy taught to me by one of my mentors, Brandon St. John, some 25 years ago. When I saw it used in Al Gore’s, “An Inconvenient Truth,” I was both surprised and pleased.
The analogy goes like this: When frogs are placed in water that is too hot, they will hop out immediately. However, when frogs are placed in water that is just right and then the water is heated slowly, they will ENDURE and never jump out, no matter how hot the water gets. The point is that when we put up with anything that is unhealthy for our spirit or our environment for too long, like the frog, we may not notice until it is too late. In Al Gore’s cartoon with the frog, the frog is rescued by awareness and action. In my book, Enough Is Enough!, I offer many ways to become aware of how you are enduring so that you don’t accumulate more regrets or poison your system with more resentment.
If you pay attention to your spirit today, if you “take your leap,” you will help not only yourself, but others. Here are some immediate ways to start thriving. Perhaps you’d like to incorporate these into your New Year’s resolutions:
1. Stop one self-defeating behavior and replace it with a healthy, affirming one. Change your behavior and your mind will catch up.
2. Tell someone about a goal you wish to accomplish. Committing out loud to others will help you keep your word to yourself and not let you off the hook. Keeping your agreements will help you build self-esteem.
3. Ask yourself where you have not been in integrity. Then make amends. When you right your wrongs, you will give yourself more permission to thrive.
As 2008 approaches, promise yourself you will make thriving your new habit. After all, we’re not frogs, are we?
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Jane Straus
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Jane Straus is a trusted life coach,
dynamic keynote speaker, and the author of
Enough Is Enough! Stop Enduring and Start
Living Your Extraordinary Life. With humor
and grace, Jane offers her clients and
seminar participants insights and
exercises to ensure that the next chapter
of their lives is about thriving as the
unique individuals they have always been
and the extraordinary ones they are still
becoming. She serves clients worldwide and
invites you to visit her site, www.stopendu
ring.com. Here you will find excerpts
from her book, more articles, TV and radio
interviews, and clips from her
presentations.
She is also the author of The Blue Book of
Grammar and Punctuation, www.grammarbo
ok.com, an award-winning online
resource and workbook with
easy-to-understand rules, real-world
examples, and fun quizzes.
Contact Jane at Jane@Jan
eStraus.com.
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