We celebrated Thanksgiving in the United States last week. Did you eat too much?
Let’s go for a little run, shall we? Gotta work off that pecan pie somehow.
By the way, there is only one proper way to pronounce the word “pecan.” Discuss…
Anyway, let’s go for that run.
Let’s put on our denim overalls and lace up our work boots to go on that run.
And ya gotta have a hat, right?
Would you like to find your power ups so that you can power up your life?
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We find an open field. Approaching you slowly are two small, bipedal turtles. You hop on one and he sticks his head and legs inside his shell. You kick the shell, and both turtles disappear.
Weird…
Going along a little further, we get to a series of blocks. They’re all painted with question marks. There are about five blocks. And one of them is made of bricks.
You jump up and pop one of the blocks with your fist, and a gold coin comes out.
The next two both have gold coins in them.
The fourth block has a mushroom. Weird…
But you’re also hungry, so you eat the mushroom.
And sonofagun, you grow twice your size!
You leap up and smash the brick block with your fist. Your fist didn’t even hurt and the block explodes!
A few hundred yards down the trail, you’re approached by – I kid you not – carnivorous, predatory, walking mushrooms. But strangely, you hop on one of the mushrooms, and it smashes flat.
But not before one of the mushrooms hits you. And you shrink back to your original size.
Again, weird…
I’m not even going to get into the human-sized bipedal turtles throwing hammers a few hundred yards down the trail.
You get past the hammer throwing turtles. They look like brothers, but I’m not sure.
You get to a cliff. You need to get across this chasm, but you don’t know if you can jump over it.
But you give it a shot. You take the leap only to be taken out by a falling slab of sentient concrete.
When you wake up, you’re back at the beginning of the trail. What the hell just happened?
Everybody loves Super Mario Bros. And when I mean everybody, I mean everybody.
And when I’m able to actually get a Nintendo Switch, the first game I’m getting is Super Mario Odyssey. I mean, that cap is everything!
And I really want to see a realistic, gritty, and dark Super Mario film. Directed by Christopher Nolan. There’s has to be a pissed off ape, an angry turtle dragon, and Princess Peach needs to be played by Scarlett Johannsson-Hall.
Don’t look at me like that, it can happen!
But let’s not get it twisted…Super Mario Bros. is one weird-ass series of video games, man.
Okay, let’s imagine we’re in that world. With the turtles, angry carnivorous mushrooms, and hammer throwing gigantic turtles.
When you eat that mushroom, you grow to twice your size. If you pick that flower, you can suddenly shoot fire. And when you pick up that falling feather, you grow a cape and you’re suddenly able to fly!
Are ya lost yet? Let me ‘splain.
Mario needs his power ups. He needs to be able to tap into that extra power that he has to take out the evil turtle dragons and pissed off plumber-eating mushrooms.
“Hey, Coach Ryan?”
Yeah?
“Where in the blue hell are you going with this?”
Great question.
Think of it like this. Mario was always able to shoot fire. He just needed a little support. He always had the ability to fly. He just needed a little support.
You can do anything you set your mind to. But you just need a little support.
I’m all about seeing Kings level up their lives. I’m all about seeing Kingly people take their lives from average, to extraordinary.
Let me give you an example from my own life. I’m beginning a real push to grow my business again. Between now and the beginning of 2018, I’m taking on as many high-quality clients as possible. But you’ve got to be high-quality, Royal people who are looking to level up their lives.
Here’s the rub…I’m starting a brand-new network in a place where I know very few people.
I really want this. I really want to make an impact on the lives of high-quality men and women. But I don’t know where to find them. I’m trying, but I don’t know where to find them.
When you start a new Mario level, do you know where the power ups are? Do you know what blocks have Koopas or Goombas in them? Are you going to have to dodge and duck flames from Bowser to get to your goal?
Or is the damn goalpost going to keep moving on you?
Y’all know that level from Super Mario 3D World, right?
RIGHT?
Here’s my point in all this: I have goals. I have a what for. I have reasons why I’m doing this. But I don’t know how to get from point A to point Z.
I have a support system to support me in finding my power ups. I have a team of people who are dying to see me rescue the Princess.
The mushrooms, flowers, feathers, and even stars are all there. I just need to keep hitting those blocks to find them.
Mario was always able to shoot fire. He just needed a little support. He always had the ability to fly. He just needed a little support. You can do anything you set your mind to. But you just need a little support.
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Would you like to find your power ups so that you can power up your life? (Man, I just pulled a hamstring stretching for that one. Moving on.)
Let’s connect. Let’s get connected to see how coaching can support you in leveling your life up.
Send me an email at [email protected] so we can schedule a sample session. Let’s see how coaching can support you in rescuing your metaphorical princess.
I’ve got to admit, the only way I was able to beat the original Super Mario Bros. was through the game guide book. I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t find the power ups I needed to get through the game.
Are you following this metaphor? Even if you could be told exactly how to rescue the princess, you still have to…y’know…rescue your own princess!
You can have someone spoon feed you exactly how to do something. But you still gotta do it.
{Side note: Yes Coach. This article was a metaphor for what happened in our last call. Why do you ask?}