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While in a short vacation to family friends in Florida I happened to see Tony Robbins as I was checking in to my hotel. I gave him a quick rundown of our friend Patrick and asked what advice he would give to Patrick.
He said that his life sounded somewhat like Niagara Syndrome.
"To think that life is like a river, and that most people jump on the river of life without ever really deciding where they want to end up. So, in a short period of time, they get caught up in the current: current events, current fears, current challenges. How you describe his Twitter perfectly encapsulates that feeling. When they come to forks in the river, they don't consciously decide where they want to go, or which is the right direction or them. They merely "go with the flow." such as standing for Ukraine, or a vaccine, or an election and perhaps even letting your wife sit on another man's lap." he humorously added.
"People like Patrick become a part of the mass of people who are directed by the environment instead of by their own values. As a result, they feel out of control.
They remain in this unconscious state until one day the sound of the raging water awakens them, and they discover that they're five feet from Niagara Falls in a boat with no oars.
At this point, they say, "Oh, shoot!" But by then it's too late. They're going to take a fall. Sometimes it's an emotional fall. Sometimes it's a physical fall. Sometimes it's a financial fall. And sometimes a relationship fall or time-wasting fall.
It seems in Patrick's case this fall is involving all 5. His emotionally hysterical public online persona, his vast weight gain, enormous debt he owes and marriage that may be failing with the time and effort he's wasted by never changing course in this river, challenges that could have been avoided by some better decisions upstream." Tony stated.
"So what then Tony, what can this man realistically do if he's to change his life?" I asked Tony
"He needs to make the decision to put both oars in the water and paddle like crazy in a different direction." he continued with the metaphor, "Set a course for where he really wants to go and have a plan or map so he can make quality decisions along the way."
"But Tony," I remarked "his boat is filled to the brim with shit from his retarded pants! The oars have fallen out and he isn't capable of changing course."
"Good luck, Brooke"
And with that he left, with an annoyed look on his face as if I've wasted 10 minutes of Tony's life all to make another remark about Patrick being a pants-shitting-retard. I thought it was funny, but also was serious about what Patrick should do with an oarless shit canoe about to go over Niagara Falls. Oh well.
He said that his life sounded somewhat like Niagara Syndrome.
"To think that life is like a river, and that most people jump on the river of life without ever really deciding where they want to end up. So, in a short period of time, they get caught up in the current: current events, current fears, current challenges. How you describe his Twitter perfectly encapsulates that feeling. When they come to forks in the river, they don't consciously decide where they want to go, or which is the right direction or them. They merely "go with the flow." such as standing for Ukraine, or a vaccine, or an election and perhaps even letting your wife sit on another man's lap." he humorously added.
"People like Patrick become a part of the mass of people who are directed by the environment instead of by their own values. As a result, they feel out of control.
They remain in this unconscious state until one day the sound of the raging water awakens them, and they discover that they're five feet from Niagara Falls in a boat with no oars.
At this point, they say, "Oh, shoot!" But by then it's too late. They're going to take a fall. Sometimes it's an emotional fall. Sometimes it's a physical fall. Sometimes it's a financial fall. And sometimes a relationship fall or time-wasting fall.
It seems in Patrick's case this fall is involving all 5. His emotionally hysterical public online persona, his vast weight gain, enormous debt he owes and marriage that may be failing with the time and effort he's wasted by never changing course in this river, challenges that could have been avoided by some better decisions upstream." Tony stated.
"So what then Tony, what can this man realistically do if he's to change his life?" I asked Tony
"He needs to make the decision to put both oars in the water and paddle like crazy in a different direction." he continued with the metaphor, "Set a course for where he really wants to go and have a plan or map so he can make quality decisions along the way."
"But Tony," I remarked "his boat is filled to the brim with shit from his retarded pants! The oars have fallen out and he isn't capable of changing course."
"Good luck, Brooke"
And with that he left, with an annoyed look on his face as if I've wasted 10 minutes of Tony's life all to make another remark about Patrick being a pants-shitting-retard. I thought it was funny, but also was serious about what Patrick should do with an oarless shit canoe about to go over Niagara Falls. Oh well.
