There is so much to be learned in life through experience.

Both the positive and negative experiences of ourselves and others.

Jim Rohn uses the following illustration:

Imagine you are driving down the road and you see a man. He is all bruised and bloodied and his clothes are torn to shreds. He waves you down and you pull over to talk to him and he says “The bridge is out, turn around!”

Do you ignore the man and keep driving?

Of course not!

But we keep on driving all the time in our lives.

We see others struggle with money and then handle ours the same way.

We see others struggle with their weight and we eat the same food and follow the same workout plan as they do.

We see relationships torn asunder and follow in those same patterns.

I’m not saying it’s easy to not follow the poor examples in our lives. For some, there are some deeply ingrained bad habits that will take a lot of work to change directions.

But I am saying it’s worth it. You don’t want to end up the bloodied and beat up guy telling everyone else the bridge is out.

Make it a great day.

Jake