Put Down Your Hammer
“When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail.”
Abraham Maslow
In these challenging economic times, it feel like we need to hammer harder to get anything to happen. I have felt the pressure to push harder, to try harder, to work harder. And it has made me crazy, frustrated and at time depressed.
I just went away for ten days and sat on my 35 acres of land south of Walsenburg, Colorado. I needed to stop hammering away at my perceived problems and shift my mental energy, to change my thinking.
I sat there in my trailer with my laptop, my thoughts and mother nature. I took walks in the woods. I worked on creating a new audio product. And all of a sudden it hit me. I wouldn’t be sitting here in my trailer, on my land, getting to do this creative rejuvenating self-reflection, if I was running around the planet giving speeches right now.
In a blinding flash of the obvious, I shifted from frustration to gratitude. Everything was suddenly in perfect order. I was right where I needed to be doing exactly what needed doing. I put down the hammer.
Are you getting exhausted pounding your hammer? Perhaps you too need to shift your thinking. Put down your hammer.
All my best,
Doug

















Michelle Vandepas said,
Wrote on May 14, 2009 @ 4:01 am
Great post Doug, I just posted it to my facebook wall.