I was wrestling the other day with my girlfriend’s kitchen faucet. She’d asked me to remove the filter from it so she could swap it out with a newer one.
“Sure, honey.” After chowing down some delicious spighetti, I put on my “master plumber” hat and went right to it.
Three wrenches, two screwdrivers, a hammer, a lighter and one neckache later, I was STILL wrestling with the darn thing!
By now, the old filtration system had snapped off and none of my tools were even remotely budging the piece still on the faucet.
This thing just WASN’T unscrewing.
“Keith, what the heck were you doing with a lighter, anyway?”
Well, at my greatest point of despair, I realized something important:
That busted piece was NOT going to turn – no matter how hard I tried.
…so I changed my perspective and started thinking DIFFERENTLY.
Since the piece still wedged onto the faucet was mostly plastic, I thought, “Maybe I could BURN it off.”
Then, after a few flicks of my Bic, I suddenly had a better idea…
…Saw it off!
So I took the needle-nosed pliers and started using it like a saw. Back and forth…back and forth. Until finally…
I was able to pull the remaining piece right off!
“Stop” believing you know how life works.
When you do, you won’t have even half of the resistance you believe you have in life.
“Start” letting life show YOU how it works.
You’ll be happier you did : )
Accelerating Your Success,
Keith Matthew
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October 27th, 2010 at 8:41 pm
How in the world did you saw with a needle nosed pliers???
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October 28th, 2010 at 12:40 am
Precisely
The way
Any Non Professional dealing with situations beyond his abilities.
Getting any solution, no matter how – creates more chaos.
Any Professional dealing with a situation unknown –
Will first study the structure of the problem
Ask colleagues for advice
Than make tests
Eventually develop a new technique
Not going this path
Creates the chaotic, destructive world we develop ever faster.
Praise this drunken way of success…
Free of any responsibility!
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October 28th, 2010 at 1:40 am
thanks for the inspiration. It came at the right time. I need advice on how to boost my self-esteem.
God bless.
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October 28th, 2010 at 2:19 am
Hi Keith, I like your story a lot. Not least because my kitchen faucet isn’t working
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October 28th, 2010 at 3:46 am
Keith how do you handle a boss who never appreciates any good you do & is always picking at faults? I currently work for my sister who feels i need to learn everything under the sun from her. I’m really pissed off & i get angry all the time. I want to leave but i love my sister & i know she’ll feel bad if i do. How can i have a better working relationship with her?
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