{"id":105,"date":"2011-07-30T22:16:34","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T05:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/?p=105"},"modified":"2011-07-30T22:16:34","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T05:16:34","slug":"performance-patterns-the-trouble-with-elephants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/2011\/07\/30\/performance-patterns-the-trouble-with-elephants\/","title":{"rendered":"Performance Patterns &#8211; The Trouble With Elephants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teachjim.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Trouble With Elephants\" alt=\"The Trouble With Elephants\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51E98CYN58L._SS500_.jpg\" width=\"297\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a>Don&#8217;t think about elephants! Those large, grey, animals with rope like tails, trunk legs, a hose nose and super fan ears.<br \/>\nWhat are you thinking about?<br \/>\nThe mind is amazing. Plant a thought and there grows a picture worth more than a 1000 words.\u00a0 Maybe you even went to the zoo or circus when you thought &#8220;elephant&#8221;.\u00a0 Good for you!<br \/>\nYour personal learning and the development of your business\u00a0 grows when we learn to leverage the power of our mind.\u00a0 Listening to the stories of\u00a0 leaders in most any industry you will start to hear a common theme.\u00a0 They thought they knew enough to accomplish their goal (their perception) only to find they have a lot to learn (reality).<br \/>\nFrom this lack of knowledge they usually struggle through with persistence and determination.\u00a0 Finally, with the help of a mentor, diligent study or a stroke of genius\/luck they make the break through they need to succeed.<br \/>\nEach of us can anticipate this type of experience as we learn or master something new.\u00a0 In this pattern we find we can anticipate the learning and success to follow.<br \/>\nOn a daily basis we can study and learn what is needed to develop along a path we desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t think about elephants! Those large, grey, animals with rope like tails, trunk legs, a hose nose and super fan ears. What are you thinking about? The mind is amazing. Plant a thought and there grows a picture worth more than a 1000 words.\u00a0 Maybe you even went to the zoo or circus when you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blog.teachjim.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}