- You know how to eat an elephant?
- No. How?
- Bite by bite. Although
I heard these words many years ago, I often remember them. Bite by bite. Step by step
. We all need to remember them often because we are often paralyzed by fear of the task before us. I can not do that. I can't at once. Dad says he has to at once. And it must be without error.
So often we were scolded, even insulted, when something came out the first time we do not do without error, to be in our brain made a path that connects task and fear.
Must suddenly.
Must be without error.
"Bring a basket of earth to one place every day and you will make a mountain." This is Confucius' version of the recipe for eating an elephant.
I have known a girl for a long time whose father did not read Confucius, in fact he did not read anything. Although very intelligent, life circumstances were like that that there was not much space for schooling. He finished his trade and got a job.
When a strong intellect is denied exercise, he knows how to deviate into narcissism. I'm better than everyone. I'm not wrong. My daughter is the best. She is not wrong. I have to control her. She is completely in my power. We must not be wrong! Must not!
It would be nice if instead of the stepfather of an aggressive, cynical drunkard when he grew up, he had someone as wise as Confucius. To tell someone, "It doesn't matter how slow you progress, as long as you go forward and don't give up. ”
That he had someone to teach him life, patiently, with love, with understanding and respect, perhaps his little girl would not be terrified of mistakes and paralyzed by perfectionism
Therefore, do not be afraid of tasks.
Remember. HOW TO EAT AN ELEPHANT? BITE BY BITE
Ovaa izreka sodrzi golema vistina. I, treba sekogas da ni bide na um. Mnogu e loso koga nekoj ne pritiska ili nie toa go pravime, za odredena rabota da bide brzo ili voopsto zavrsena. Treba da se motiviraat decata za uspeh, no nikako da se teraat toa da se napravi brzo. Toa se odnesuva i za odnosot kon vozrasnite. Sekoj e sposoben za odredena rabota, a ako nekade pogresi , treba vnimatelno da mu se ukaze na toa i da mu se dade podrska za sleden cekor.