“Most of the world has gotten just enough of the bananas to permanently trap themselves right where they are.” Dr. David Hawkins
One of my favorite authors is Dr. David Hawkins. I recently started reading his latest book “Success Is For You: Using Heart-Centered Power Principles for Lasting Abundance and Fulfillment”.
The book starts out with a reminder of the story about the experiment of a monkey in a cage and his reaction to bananas that were placed just outside the cage just beyond his reach and opposite the side of the cage that had an open door. If you know this story you will recall that the monkey struggled to reach the bananas ignoring the open door. He struggled so much he even injured himself by trying to squeeze through the bars of the cage.
Dr. Hawkins uses bananas as a metaphor for all the markers of success you can imagine (money, fame, title, recognition, job security, etc.). Of course, that makes us the “stop at nothing even if it means killing ourselves in the process” monkey and the cage is our “cube” (as in your cubicle/office/workspace – actually, as in your job!)
His point…