All of us look up to big people for lessons. We are keen to learn the secrets of their success. Sometimes, the biggest lessons in life come from the smallest folks around us.
Take ants for instance. Would you believe those small creatures can teach us how to live a better life? Jim Rohn - the great motivational guru – developed what he called the ‘Ants Philosophy’. He identified four key lessons from the behaviour of ants that can help us lead better lives. Here, are the four lessons from Rohn’s ‘Ants Philosophy’.
1. Ants never quit. Ants always look for a way around an obstacle? Put your finger in an ant’s path and it will try and go around it or over it. It will keep looking for a way out. It won’t just stand there and stare. It won’t give up and go back. We should all learn to be like that. There will always be obstacles in our lives. The challenge is to keep trying, keep looking for alternative routes to get to our goals.
2. Ants think winter all summer. Remember the old story of the ant and the grasshopper? In the middle of summer, the ant was busy gathering food for the winter while the grasshopper was out having a good time. Ants know that summer won’t last forever. Winters will come. When the going is good, let us remember that a crisis or a setback can happen anytime. Be good to other people. Save for a rainy day. Look ahead. And remember, good times may not last, but good people do.
3. Ants think summer all winter. As they suffer through the unbearable cold of the winter, ants keep reminding themselves that it won’t last forever and that the summer will soon come. And with the first rays of the summer sun, the ants come out – ready to work, ready to play. When we are down and seemingly out, when we go through what looks like a never-ending crisis, it’s good to remind ourselves that this too shall pass. Good times will come. It’s important to retain a positive attitude, an attitude that says things will get better. As the old saying goes, tough times don’t last. Tough people do.
4. Ants do all they possibly can. How much food does an ant gather in summer? All that it possibly can. It never stops. That’s a great work ethic to have. Let us do all we can! One ant doesn’t worry about how much food another ant is collecting. They just do their bit. They gather all the food they can. Success and happiness are usually the result of giving 100% - doing all you possibly can. If we look around, we will find that successful people are those who just do all they possibly can.
Let us follow the four simple steps of ‘Ant Philosophy’ and we will surely see the difference. Don’t quit. Look ahead. Stay positive. And do all you can.
Take ants for instance. Would you believe those small creatures can teach us how to live a better life? Jim Rohn - the great motivational guru – developed what he called the ‘Ants Philosophy’. He identified four key lessons from the behaviour of ants that can help us lead better lives. Here, are the four lessons from Rohn’s ‘Ants Philosophy’.
1. Ants never quit. Ants always look for a way around an obstacle? Put your finger in an ant’s path and it will try and go around it or over it. It will keep looking for a way out. It won’t just stand there and stare. It won’t give up and go back. We should all learn to be like that. There will always be obstacles in our lives. The challenge is to keep trying, keep looking for alternative routes to get to our goals.
2. Ants think winter all summer. Remember the old story of the ant and the grasshopper? In the middle of summer, the ant was busy gathering food for the winter while the grasshopper was out having a good time. Ants know that summer won’t last forever. Winters will come. When the going is good, let us remember that a crisis or a setback can happen anytime. Be good to other people. Save for a rainy day. Look ahead. And remember, good times may not last, but good people do.
3. Ants think summer all winter. As they suffer through the unbearable cold of the winter, ants keep reminding themselves that it won’t last forever and that the summer will soon come. And with the first rays of the summer sun, the ants come out – ready to work, ready to play. When we are down and seemingly out, when we go through what looks like a never-ending crisis, it’s good to remind ourselves that this too shall pass. Good times will come. It’s important to retain a positive attitude, an attitude that says things will get better. As the old saying goes, tough times don’t last. Tough people do.
4. Ants do all they possibly can. How much food does an ant gather in summer? All that it possibly can. It never stops. That’s a great work ethic to have. Let us do all we can! One ant doesn’t worry about how much food another ant is collecting. They just do their bit. They gather all the food they can. Success and happiness are usually the result of giving 100% - doing all you possibly can. If we look around, we will find that successful people are those who just do all they possibly can.
Let us follow the four simple steps of ‘Ant Philosophy’ and we will surely see the difference. Don’t quit. Look ahead. Stay positive. And do all you can.
There’s one more lesson to learn from ants. Do you know that an ant can carry objects up to 20 times its own weight? Maybe we are like that too. We can carry burdens on our shoulders and manage workloads that are far, far heavier than we’d imagine. Next time something’s bothering and weighing you down and you feel you just can’t carry on, don’t worry. Think of the little ant. And remember, you too can carry a lot more on your shoulders.
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