Each person has two minds. A rational mind and an emotional mind. Rational mind is the mahout and emotional mind is the elephant.
The rational mind is small but can think what is good and what is bad. It is fuelled by willpower, a limited resource. You can only push it around for a limited time.
The emotional mind has lots of fuel. Much more than your body has. But it cannot distinguish between good and bad.
If elephant overpowers the mahout who's tired they won't reach the destination, because they will lose the track. If mahout overpowers the elephant who doesn't want to move he can only go on for limited time before he runs out of energy in front of the enormous creature. And then again the journey will come to a halt.
Both must work in harmony to reach the destination. The mahout must spend his energy to convince the elephant with bribe or reason towards the destination instead of using the force.
Moral of the story: You will be unstoppable if you find an emotional reason as to why you want to accomplish a specific goal.
-Nipun Jain
Inspiration: Switch, Dan and Chip Heath
The rational mind is small but can think what is good and what is bad. It is fuelled by willpower, a limited resource. You can only push it around for a limited time.
The emotional mind has lots of fuel. Much more than your body has. But it cannot distinguish between good and bad.
If elephant overpowers the mahout who's tired they won't reach the destination, because they will lose the track. If mahout overpowers the elephant who doesn't want to move he can only go on for limited time before he runs out of energy in front of the enormous creature. And then again the journey will come to a halt.
Both must work in harmony to reach the destination. The mahout must spend his energy to convince the elephant with bribe or reason towards the destination instead of using the force.
Moral of the story: You will be unstoppable if you find an emotional reason as to why you want to accomplish a specific goal.
-Nipun Jain
Inspiration: Switch, Dan and Chip Heath
