Motivational Monday - Success Comes in CANS

Evidence suggests that success and genius, comes in CANS not in CAN-NOTS.

That is why many geniuses throughout history – from commercial geniuses and even political geniuses – have done their best to highlight the importance of a CANDO attitude:

Ø “If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” (Henry Ford)

Ø “He can who thinks he can, and he can’t who thinks he can’t” (Pablo Picasso)

Ø “Nurture the mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.” (Benjamin Disraeli)

That is why we tend to think of the CANDO Wolfgang Mozart as a genius rather than the CAN’T DO Emperor Joseph II, who famously told Wolfgang his music ‘had too many notes’!

Or why we think of the CANDO Wright Brothers as geniuses for inventing the first ever plane to fly in 1903, rather more than the CAN’T DO astronomer Simon Newcomb who sceptically pointed out in 1902 that, ‘Flight by machines heavier than air is impractical and insignificant, if not utterly impossible.’

At the end of the day, you could deduce that if you want more genius and success in your life, her is the secret:

Create a life for yourself where there are more squiggles ? and fewer straight lines !.   

Non-Genius minds are full of statements and exclamation marks:

      ‘It can’t possibly work!’

      ‘This problem can’t be fixed!’

      ‘I can’t afford it!’

Genius minds are full of explorations and question marks:

      ‘How can I potentially get it to work?’

‘In what others ways do I need to look at this problem to help me fix it?’

      ‘How can I afford it?’



So the next time you are faced with a situation that prompts you to make statements take a moment to turn them into questions, you will have more genius moments and greater success when you do. 



Create a world of possibility and exploration.

That is all - 
David