I think most of us will
agree that motivation is, generally, a good thing. Motivated people built the bridges we cross. Motivated people help us change flat tires. It was a motivated person who invented paper
clips.
I love paper clips. Especially the colored ones.
But there is a downside
to motivation. Some people are motivated
to place flaming bags of feces on porches and then ring the doorbell. Other people are motivated to answer the
doorbell and then stomp on the flaming bags on their porch.
And then there is Tony
Robbins. You know the guy. Motivational Speaker. Freakishly tall. Smile like a row of Greek columns jammed into
a cave.
Mr. Robbin’s held one of
his motivational seminars in Dallas last month.
As part of the event, Robbins invited attendees to walk across a bed of
hot coals. The idea was to encourage
folks to overcome their fears.
You know where this is
going, right?
Depending on what source you
read, some thirty or forty people ended up with burns on their feet following
their walk over the coals. Five people
were treated at a hospital.
--Mitchell
Hegman
Well if Mr. Robbin really knew what he was doing, he wouldn't have encouraged people to walk on a bed of hot coals without extensive training. Walking on hot coals can be done and have been done but it requires a state of consciousness that can only be reached through time and discipline.
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