There is a certain four-letter word that is only used to describe a woman, and the last three letters of the word are:
___ U N T
What do you think the word is? Be truthful now, what is the first word that jumps to your lips?
Hmm. Really?
Is it a word that describes the woman who is married to your uncle?
If you are over the age of 16 and you came up with the word “aunt” you’re probably in the minority. The rest of you, well, admit it – you’re a little embarrassed, I’ll venture to guess.
Basing decisions on logical and lucid analysis and careful scrutiny of all relevant factors is the goal of all fully-actualized Whole Beings. They don’t just blindly follow their primitive, gut instincts (a strategy that may indeed work, but only a fraction of the time). Instead, they balance that sudden creative and usually emotional inspiration with a moment of calm and quiet reflection, wherein common sense is brought to bear. They allow reality and left-brain rationale to temper their passion – not to override the emotion, but to deepen the original right-brain impulse and forge it into a dispassionate and dependable strategy that can be trusted and acted upon with confidence. Whole Beings will take a soundly reasoned, holistic and whole-brained approach when making most decisions, especially very critical ones.
Is that your approach?
If you answered the “_unt” riddle incorrectly, you probably let your right brain (the seat of emotion) run with it. But had you waited before answering and allowed your left (logical) brain to take a shot at it, your strategy might have been to go through the alphabet and try all 26 letters as a way of discovering the mystery word. And had you done so, your problem would have been solved with the letter “A” – your search would have ended as soon as it began.
Now go and do what my good Aunty Lorraine would have told you to do:
“Wash your mind out with soap!”
Bruce Raymond Wright
Inventor, Entrepreneur, Author, Trainer, Speaker and Mentor
Bruce has over two decades of practical ‘in the trenches’ success helping those around him transcend their greatest challenges and optimize results in an array of complex areas including:
• Clarifying your vision of what is most important in life, relationships, business and wealth management
• Developing and implementing your written plan to turn your greatest vision into reality
• Strategic business planning; entrance, growth and or exit strategies
• How to transcend adversity in life, career, money, relationships and health
• Acquiring and applying timeless wisdom in life, business, wealth management, relationships, philanthropy and business succession planning
Bruce’s first book, The Wright Exit Strategy; Wealth – How To Create It, Keep It and Use It, has helped tens of thousands of people to improve control over their lives, business endeavors, philanthropy and wealth management.
His next book, Living Majestically; An Elephant’s Guide, will help all who apply its teachings to know how to identify and implement new thinking, behaviors and the skills necessary to live life more majestically!
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