"Put The Glass Down Today"

A Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it.

He held it up for all to see & asked the students

"How much do you think this glass weighs?"

'50gms!' .... '100gms!' .....'125gms'

...the students answered.

"I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the professor, "but, my question is:

What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"

'Nothing' .....the students said.

'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor asked.

'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the student

"You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?"

"Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis & have to go to hospital for sure!"

...... ventured another student & all the students laughed

"Very good.

But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?"

asked the professor.

'No'.... Was the answer.

"Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?"

The students were puzzled.

"What should I do now to come out of pain?" asked professor again.

"Put the glass down!" said one of the students

"Exactly!" said the professor.

Life's problems are something like this.

Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK.

Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.

Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything.

It's important to think of the challenges or problems in your life,

but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT is to 'PUT THEM DOWN' at the end of every day before You go to sleep.

That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh &strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!

So, When you leave office today,Remember to



'PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY!'

Thanks and Best Regards,

Ravi Rangaraju

this is so true.....
I remember cribbing all the while at home coz of tensions at office.... being cranky and irritated.... but when my father suggested "putting the glass down"....things got really better....
thanks for sharing and reminding....

hi!

very inspiring!

At the same time, we keep mentioning "Put the Glass down"

Now a simple exercise.

DO NOT THINK OF AN ELEPHANT WITH A BIG WHITE TRUNK!

now - what did you think of?

I dont know if you thought of an elephant with a big white trunk but i just did!

My point is:

The human mind is so powerful you cannot just "Forget to Remember" - to erase or more simply " To Put the glass down" we need certain tools that can do it - because this is a Mental action and not a physical one as simple as keeping the glass back on the table.

Metaphorical language does indeed give information packed at a subconcious level, but the fact remains, to put the glass down you would HAVE to do SOMETHING.

Now what is that SOMETHING?

in NLP there are certain techniques by which you can actually ERASE these thoughts that hamper your productivity. A simple 5 minutes techniques can earn you and extra 5 hours in a day!

I can tell you about the technique - but NLP is like swimming - you can read as much as you want about it - but the whole idea is different when you jump off the deep end of the pool!

Best regards

Jabran

A very good thought!! Thanks Ravi for passing it on... this should help us manage stress everyday...
By the way, Jabran can I know the full form of "NLP" ???
binzy

Neuro Linguistic Programming -
My apologies for using unfamiliar jargon.
regards
Jabran
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