Bucket of crabs.....

A few years ago, I was under the tutelage of an LA acting/voice-acting coach in preparation of launching my voiceover business national. Not only did she change my entire approach to voice work (thank God!), she taught me a big life lesson too, one that I still carry with me to this day.

During one of our sessions, she stopped me and asked what was going on. She knew that my mojo was not working, so to speak and I knew it too. I had told her that I had been telling friends and family about launching my business nationwide and was getting less than enthusiastic support from everyone. "Really? Are you sure you wanna do that?", "How do you know that's gonna work", "You're getting a little big for your britches, now aren't ya?" Kid you not. "Let me tell you about a bucket of crabs," she said. "If you've ever seen a bucket of crabs, there are always those 1 or 2 at the very top who are climbing with all their might to get out of the bucket. And what are the ones beneath them doing? They are reaching up with their claws, grabbing ahold and pulling them back down." She continued, "when you are trying to get 'out of the bucket' there'll always be those trying to pull you back down. Remember than when you move up and on, you are leaving others behind and that makes some uncomfortable. You can either let them keep you in the bucket or climb out."

Since that day, whenever someone says to me "well, that's just not gonna work" or "you can't do that", I quietly say to myself "bucket of crabs". There are always going to be negative people in this world and there will always be those who will try to tell you that you can't
achieve....whatever it is you want. You can either believe them or not.
So in your life, in your bucket of crabs, are you on the bottom pulling others down? Or are you climbing out? I'm always climbing up and out.