The Frog Principle – By Andrew Matthews
There is an often-quoted story of a frog and a bucket of water. It Illustrates the law of deterioration…
If you take an intelligent, happy frog and drop him into a bucket of boiling water, what will the Frog do? Jump Out! Instantly, the frog decides “This is no fun – I’m gone!”.
If you take the same frog, or a relative, and drop him into a bucket of cold water, put the bucket on the stove and gradually heat up the bucket, what then. The frog’s relaxing .. a few minutes later he says to himself: “It Seems warm in here .” Soon enough, you have a cooked frog.
The moral of the story? Life happens gradually. Like the frog, we can be fooled, and suddenly it’s to late. We need to be aware what is happening.
Acknowledgment : the above has been extracted from Andrew Matthews book Follow Your Heart. It is a brilliant book that sets you straight when life starts to get a bit hard. I have had this book for at least 10 years and keep re-reading this. Life happens but we need to be alert otherwise we will be a cooked frog.
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Jacqueline, thank you for featuring the post.
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This is quite an interesting analysis. Hmm, my to read list keeps growing.
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Yes, I thought people would like it. I loved it.
Oh my Reading list is out of control, and I am so slow as well.
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I’m trying to see where I have been the latter frog in the story to my own life. I can’t really think of anytime where I have but I guess that’s the point. you just don’t know until it’s too late. I’ll have to be aware of this going forward in my life. nice post Bella, I always love it when you talk about a book
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Reblogged this on Still Another Writer's Blog and commented:
An old and well-worn metaphor; but I agree: it is particularly important to remember and review where we are. Is the water a bit too warm? Jobs said it best: “if the answer has been ‘no’ too many days in a row”…. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc
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Excellent example and so true!! Love it!!
Kind regards and ribbits – K
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Thank you for reading , following and commenting. I am glad this resonated with yourself. I just think it is brilliant, I can imagine myself as the frog and I just have to remember not to get cooked. His books are brilliant – full of funny illustration and quotes. They make a heavy topic light and digestible.
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I shall definitely have to check them out!! Thanks for the tip! Very much appreciated!!- K 🙂
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K, great you will enjoy it. I am being terribly cheeky here, If you do check it out and your are in the uk, can you use the link i provided in the blog – it means I get a tiny tiny amazon commission if you buy it. I know I am terrible – cheeky – sorry. If your not in the uk – then you dont worry about the link in the blog post. Thanking you in advance Bella
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I think I have been the second frog more than once but hopefully never again!
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Brigid, The beauty of life, to realise and change – and repeat. That why i love journaling, it helps you realise and change and so does meditation. I meditate every day and it really save’s us from being the second frog.
Glad you enjoyed the post. The book is great, it so light hearted but such a deep book. And he has the best cartoon illustrations everywhere and quotes. It is such an enjoyable read / reference book. So glad I own it.
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I will put it on my wish list.
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Nice. And we should be grateful if we are surrounded by people who will help us get out of the boiling water. I am currently reading a book by Andrew Matthews too – Being Happy
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Thanks for the comment. I like his writing style,all the pictures. He covers deep concepts in a light manner. I think i have being happy on kindle. Thank you for stopping by and commenting
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Cool right. Its a blessing to be able to touch people heart and mind through writings.
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