The flea in the jar with the glass ceiling

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08/10

Break through limitations

I was sitting in a coffee shop yesterday reading an article
which was talking about fleas.

(Yeah, I know what you’re thinking… Niro, don’t you have
anything better to do? That’s a story for another time)

Anyway, what I found out was amazing.

Did you know that even though fleas can fly to almost any
height….

Even though they are some of the biggest pests going around…

They can be put in a jar and left there without a lid on the jar.

How?

If you are good enough to capture a flea in a jar (and no I don’t
know how to that)…. and you put a clear lid on the jar, the flea
tries to get out.

It keeps jumping up to get out… only to keep whacking it’s head
on the glass jar

WHACK!

Eventually the flea gives up and stop jumping so high.

In fact, it only jumps to just below the height of the jar so it does not
whack it’s head.

You can then remove the clear lid but the flea will not jump any higher.

It continues to believe that it cannot get out of the jar… and therefore
never tries.

The barrier is mental – not physical.

So let me ask you a question…

How many perceived glass ceilings do you have preventing you from
achieving your potential?

Do you have a glass ceiling about how much you can earn… how much
love and intimacy you can enjoy in your relationship… how much energy
and vitality you can have in your life?

Personally, I had a glass ceiling on my income which held me back for years!

I did not believe I could earn a high six figure income in a short period of time.
And other people kept telling me just how hard it was. And then of course, I
was living under the guise that money does not grow on trees.

I’m sure you know what I’m talking about.

So how do we break through that glass ceiling?

Visualisations and affirmations certainly have their place.
(If you want to know more about the right way to do affirmations, see my
post Positive Affirmations – how to affirm yourself for success.)

So does positive thinking.

But do you know what I find works better than anything?

Action.

Action combined with the right knowledge to be exact.

Because once you start seeing results…

Once you start walking around the block and you see the weight coming off….

Once you start practising your internet marketing skills and you see sales
coming in…

Once you start going out with your partner at least once a week and you see
the passion you once had reignited….

Once you start seeing progress in that one area you focus on…

Your mindset shifts instantly!

That’s what happened for me when I started turning my life and my business around.

The truth this – nothing beats progress (that you can see) when it comes to breaking
through smashing through those perceived barriers.