That's Just The Way Things Are -- Don't Ask Why

There was an interesting experiment that started with five monkeys in a cage. A banana hung inside the cage with a set of steps placed underneath it. After a while, a monkey went to the steps and started to climb towards the banana, but when he touched the steps, he set off a spray that soaked all the other monkeys with cold water. Another monkey tried to reach the banana with the same result. It didn't take long for the monkeys to learn that the best way to stay dry was to prevent any monkey from attempting to reach the banana.

The next stage of the experiment was to remove the spray from the cage and to replace one of the monkeys with a new one. Of course, the new monkey saw the banana and went over to climb the steps. To his horror, the other monkeys attacked him. After another attempt, he learnt that if he touched the steps, he would be assaulted.

Next, another of the original five was replaced with a new monkey. The newcomer went to the steps and was attacked. The previous newcomer joined in the attack with enthusiasm!

Then, a third monkey was replaced with a new one and then a fourth. Every time a newcomer approached the steps, he was attacked. Most of the monkeys beating him had no idea why they were not allowed to climb the steps or why they were joining in the beating of the newest monkey.

After replacing the fifth monkey, none of the monkeys had ever been sprayed with water. Still, no monkey ever approached the steps. Why?

Have you accepted the Group Mindset without even nowing the why ?

To be SUCESSFUL in today's market you have to challenge the "that's just the way it is " thinkers.

The second level of the experiment would be to take one of the "helpless monkeys" move him to a box where all the monkeys freely ran up and down the stairs gather bananas at will. How long do you think it would take for "Helpless Monkey" to approach the stairs let alone climb the stairs.

Feeling Helpless and Overwhelmed - Look around it may just be the monkeys your hang with not who you really are.