CRABS IN A BUCKET!?!

  Written by Dorie Miller on Dec 1, 2008 4:51 pm

Read More: Personal Development  |  Positive Thinking

Dear Fellow Entrepreneurs,

I just posted a comment and I wanted to share it with you. Has anyone ever heard the crabs in a bucket story? Well, if not it goes like this- There once was a bucket full of crabs. One day a special crab tries to get out of the bucket. The next thing you know, all the other crabs try to pull him right back down.This is sometimes what happens when we try to do something different than all the other "crabs."

Do you know what happened to the guy who invented the light bulb? He made many attempts before he was successful. Everyone thought he was crazy and they tried to have him committed. He never let that stop him and because of him we have the light bulb. I wrote this because some people try to discourage us from climbing out of the bucket so to speak. Others even try to pull us down. We must not let that stop us from pursuing our goals.

Being an entrepreneur is a path of ideas that do not always conform to mainstream. It like the first pioneers in the forest chopping down the trees to make their homes. It isn't always easy, as we know, to be a leader. To pioneer a new idea. However, if we are determined and do our best to learn and most importantly apply what we learn. Success will follow and we will be one of those crabs who climb out of that bucket. So the next time you feel that negative pull maybe you will consider the crabs in a bucket story and keep on moving forward. This article is dedicated to all the entrepreneurs and pioneers.

Cheers Dorie :)

 

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Thanks For The Encouragement

You're right, keep moving forward! Also, Thomas Edison said this: "I have not failed 1,000 times.  I have successfully discovered 1,000 ways to NOT make a light bulb."
 

How many people would have the courage to discover 1,000 ways not to build their business? Thank God for the internet and all the free information that's available for anybody to discover what they need to know to grow beyond their current circumstances and lead a dynamic business.

Thanks for the great post!

Continued Success,

Richard L. Turner Jr.

Richard Turner — Mon, 12/01/2008 - 5:17pm

Great post!

Hi Dorie,

Thanks so much for a great post. I will be encouraging others to read this post.

Your friend for life

David Atkinson

David Atkinson — Mon, 12/01/2008 - 9:02pm

Good Job Dorie

It is great to have a morning reality check in the morning!

All the best,

Your Friend

Alicia Bozza

Alicia Bozza — Tue, 12/02/2008 - 5:49am

Thanks, Dorie...love the story!

I enjoy reading the crabs in a bucket story.
We need to be determined to succeed no matter what!
We'll always find obstacles. We also see people trying to stay in our way to success.
If we want to own our lives we have to keep going...
It's all up to us to overcome temporary defeat.

I appreciate you,
Daniela Riess

Daniela Riess — Tue, 12/02/2008 - 11:57am

Yes Dorie......

Thanks for the post Dorie, the story shows no matter how many try to hold you down pull you back, keep going. 

if anything  those negative vibes should propel you to prove them wrong.

Great story.

True Friendship

Bethune

 

 

Bethune Matthews — Wed, 12/03/2008 - 9:25am