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Thursday, January 20, 2011
Monkey Soup
Here is a true story... somewhere in south Africa there exists a native tribe that uses a bottle to trap monkeys to eat. Long story short, monkey comes to bottle with a kumquat inside which the monkey loves... monkey sticks hand inside for the kumquat. As the monkey clenches he can't take his hand out of the bottle... silly monkey... Remember the native tribe dude he comes along with a club and BAMMO! Monkey Soup. The monkey wanted the kumquat and he obviously wanted to survive till the weekend, yet he did not release the kumquat.
Point of the story is don't be like the monkey you can't have both things. You must choose. In the gym you can't get Jay Cutler big and Brad Pitt ripped... you have to pick one. The saying "you can't ride two horses at once". Ride that first horse and kick it to side when it gets tired and then ride the other one.
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Goals,
Psychology
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