The Fishbowl Theory
Does a Fish know what water is? Does a Fish know that it’s in a fish bowl?
No. It does not.
It has no clue that it lives in limited existence, which just an inch outside, a massive expanse of unlimited experiences, cultures, emotions and opportunity lie unadulterated.
Ready to be explored, conquered and mastered.
(And if you’re worried about “but then what?” ..There is always a bigger fishbowl to conquer
)
Unless you’ve conquered your situation to the point where you have absolute freedom of time, money and mind, and no longer live in the monotonous, repetitive grind, then you, my friend, are quite possibly stuck in the Fishbowl.
If you catch yourself wondering, “Damn, there has to be more.”
If other people that are situated close to you start affecting your decisions. “Damn, what will Neighbour JoeBlow down the road think?”
If you’re ever feeling stuck, but comfortable also. “Damn, I don’t have the answers, but I know people are doing it. Just don’t know how.”
This has been the case with me, you and others. Especially if you’re reading this.
A lot of time, in search for answers, instead of going out and expanding our ‘fish bowl’, we tend to delve deeper into our already limited situation for answers.
But right outside, there is a MASSIVE world out there. More than me or you or anyone will ever be able to fully conquer.
UNLIMITED opportunity, VAST knowledge, INCOMPREHENSIBLE amount of personalities, places, money, projects, businesses, experiences.
The world is so big, it's nuts. And You Are FREE To Be Anywhere You Want.
So why do we stick in one place? and not go for the gold ?! If all it takes is to step out of out comfort zone a bit and just try to find what we're looking for?
Fear. Our minds are wired to take the path of least resistance, and created false images of 'failure' if we do it. The only failure is NOT taking any risks, and staying the same, year after year until you're dead.
I usually just remind myself, "Hey, if you mess it up, it's cool. There is no failure, only feedback. I'll chalk it up to the learning experience."
All you have to realize is, if you mess up, it will RARELY ever affect you a couple weeks from now. If you win, it'll change your life forever. +EV play all day.
I actually just arrived back in Canada from from Affiliate Summit in Vegas and I’ll tell you, being around quality people that are doing massively better than I am really inspired me.
Standing around a guy who did 120 Million dollars in sales for multiple top level brands, another person who sells $100,000/day.
One guy went out of his way to introduce me to people that have the exact traffic I’ve been looking for.
Another girl introduced me to some people that are working on similar projects as me, and have huge intel and invited me to some meetings I had no idea were going on in my city.
The biggest issue you face is, “You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know.”
Being around people like that is amazing.
It changes you. It opens you up to different ways of thinking you would’ve never thought. Gives you insight on new ideas, how the guys at the top are thinking.
If you can think like them, you will act like them. If you act like them and make the same decisions as them, you will get similar results.
All because I decided to get out of the fishbowl, take a jump and see what experiences I can rack up.
Time to get out of the fishbowl, go explore! Expand your mindset, experience and knowledge! It will pay for itself in the long-term.
So, my advice?...PICK UP THE F*ckING PHONE!
..Make the call!
...GO to the events!
...Find the people!
...Develop the relationships!
Some questions to ask yourself…
-How many times have you gone travelling in the last year to places and around people that are conducive to your dream? To your business goals?
-Who are the people that are way ahead of you at what you want to do? Did you get around any of them?
-Develop any relationships? Help them in any way?
-How many times did you get out of your comfort zone and reach for something bigger? Take a chance to jump outside your fishbowl?
….When is the next time you will jump outside your fishbowl this year to get around the people you need to?
-Where will you find these people? How can you help them?
Does a Fish know what water is? Does a Fish know that it’s in a fish bowl?
No. It does not.
It has no clue that it lives in limited existence, which just an inch outside, a massive expanse of unlimited experiences, cultures, emotions and opportunity lie unadulterated.
Ready to be explored, conquered and mastered.
(And if you’re worried about “but then what?” ..There is always a bigger fishbowl to conquer
)Unless you’ve conquered your situation to the point where you have absolute freedom of time, money and mind, and no longer live in the monotonous, repetitive grind, then you, my friend, are quite possibly stuck in the Fishbowl.
If you catch yourself wondering, “Damn, there has to be more.”
If other people that are situated close to you start affecting your decisions. “Damn, what will Neighbour JoeBlow down the road think?”
If you’re ever feeling stuck, but comfortable also. “Damn, I don’t have the answers, but I know people are doing it. Just don’t know how.”
This has been the case with me, you and others. Especially if you’re reading this.
A lot of time, in search for answers, instead of going out and expanding our ‘fish bowl’, we tend to delve deeper into our already limited situation for answers.
But right outside, there is a MASSIVE world out there. More than me or you or anyone will ever be able to fully conquer.
UNLIMITED opportunity, VAST knowledge, INCOMPREHENSIBLE amount of personalities, places, money, projects, businesses, experiences.
The world is so big, it's nuts. And You Are FREE To Be Anywhere You Want.
So why do we stick in one place? and not go for the gold ?! If all it takes is to step out of out comfort zone a bit and just try to find what we're looking for?
Fear. Our minds are wired to take the path of least resistance, and created false images of 'failure' if we do it. The only failure is NOT taking any risks, and staying the same, year after year until you're dead.
I usually just remind myself, "Hey, if you mess it up, it's cool. There is no failure, only feedback. I'll chalk it up to the learning experience."
All you have to realize is, if you mess up, it will RARELY ever affect you a couple weeks from now. If you win, it'll change your life forever. +EV play all day.
I actually just arrived back in Canada from from Affiliate Summit in Vegas and I’ll tell you, being around quality people that are doing massively better than I am really inspired me.
Standing around a guy who did 120 Million dollars in sales for multiple top level brands, another person who sells $100,000/day.
One guy went out of his way to introduce me to people that have the exact traffic I’ve been looking for.
Another girl introduced me to some people that are working on similar projects as me, and have huge intel and invited me to some meetings I had no idea were going on in my city.
The biggest issue you face is, “You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know.”
Being around people like that is amazing.
It changes you. It opens you up to different ways of thinking you would’ve never thought. Gives you insight on new ideas, how the guys at the top are thinking.
If you can think like them, you will act like them. If you act like them and make the same decisions as them, you will get similar results.
All because I decided to get out of the fishbowl, take a jump and see what experiences I can rack up.
Time to get out of the fishbowl, go explore! Expand your mindset, experience and knowledge! It will pay for itself in the long-term.
So, my advice?...PICK UP THE F*ckING PHONE!
..Make the call!
...GO to the events!
...Find the people!
...Develop the relationships!
Some questions to ask yourself…
-How many times have you gone travelling in the last year to places and around people that are conducive to your dream? To your business goals?
-Who are the people that are way ahead of you at what you want to do? Did you get around any of them?
-Develop any relationships? Help them in any way?
-How many times did you get out of your comfort zone and reach for something bigger? Take a chance to jump outside your fishbowl?
….When is the next time you will jump outside your fishbowl this year to get around the people you need to?
-Where will you find these people? How can you help them?
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