February 21, 2009 9:02 AM
Limits And Restrictions On Your Success -- In Business And Life
When I was in my 20's, I rented a U-Hail truck to help me with a move across the country. The truck had what is called a "governor" on the motor that prevented it from going faster than 50 miles per hour, no matter how badly you wanted to go faster, how much of a hurry you were in to "get there," or how far down you pushed the gas pedal.The same thing is true for playing The Business Game in Phase 1. There is always a "governor" on your "motor" that limits your sales, profits, your team's efficiency and productivity and loyalty, your free time, enjoyment of work or personal time, relationships, etc. -- again, no matter how badly you want something, how hard you try to get it, or how many strategies you try to accelerate and increase your "speed" or effectiveness.
This is how I always felt in Phase 1. I wanted to go far and go fast and achieve all sorts of lofty goals, but I always felt held back, blocked, limited and restricted. After experiencing that for so much of my adult life as I started and built businesses, it was cause for a lot of pain, anger and frustration, and oh, how I longed to be free from it!
The U-Haul trucks could have gone faster. They were capable of lots more. The governor motor was an artificial creation and limitation. The same was true for me and is true for the limitations we experience while playing The Business Game in Phase 1.
In Phase 2, over time, as you knock out the cloud cover and expand, all governors, limiters, restrictors, etc., come off and you're free to travel through The Human Game without limits or restrictions of any kind.
I know that there is still something of a governor motor, to continue the metaphor, on me now, since I haven't knocked out all the cloud cover I plan to. But my "truck" is moving so much faster, so much more freely, and the joy of the ride has soared to such an extent that I can scarcely believe it sometimes.
The same opportunity is right there for you too.
