A motivation post for everyone

LSATcantwin

Here is a short story:

A man was walking through a circus. As the man walked passed the elephants, he stopped in confusion. The elephants were being held in place by a small rope tied to one back leg. No chains or cages. It was fairly obvious that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and made no attempt to get away. "Well," said the trainer, "when they are very young and much smaller, we used the same size rope to tie them, and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot break away. They believe that this rope can still hold them - so they never try to break free."

The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right where they were. Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it before?

Failure is part of learning; we should never give up the struggle in life.

Never give up on your dreams.

The LSAT is your rope - keep pulling, eventually it'll snap.

theLSATdreamer

i like that story. .im using my rope to strangle the Lsat

Cant Get Right

For all my platitude fans out there: Show me a person who's never failed, and I'll show you a person who's never tried.

tringo335

Yay! I love your motivational posts!

windows95

Great post

LSATcantwin

@windows95 said:
Great post

Great user name! Windows 95 was best 95.

@tringo335 It's my way of giving back to the community. A lot of times I don't feel confident enough to help answer questions. So I give motivation instead! It's a lot safer than steering someone wrong, and it helps in little ways.

Paul Pederson

"The road to success is paved with failure." I have that quote printed off and hung on my wall above my LSAT desk at home.

Freddy_D

The quote that I printed out is from the LSAT Trainer:

"May your curse in life be that your hard work is constantly mistaken for talent"

Let's dominate, y'all!!!

doyouevenLSAT

Alex

@Freddy_D said:
The quote that I printed out is from the LSAT Trainer:

"May your curse in life be that your hard work is constantly mistaken for talent"

Let's dominate, y'all!!!

LOVE that quote, Freddy!

Freddy_D

@"Alex Divine" said:

@Freddy_D said:
The quote that I printed out is from the LSAT Trainer:

"May your curse in life be that your hard work is constantly mistaken for talent"

Let's dominate, y'all!!!

LOVE that quote, Freddy!

It's a mental jewel. I also love Frederick Douglass' quote, "If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

tringo335

@Freddy_D said:
The quote that I printed out is from the LSAT Trainer:

"May your curse in life be that your hard work is constantly mistaken for talent"

Let's dominate, y'all!!!

I have that quote too!!

WillGetThisLSAT

Great post!! Thank you.