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I want to talk a bit about “CAN DO” thinking. CAN DO thinking is a mindset of what can be done.
First
… a thought
And
look at what “CAN DO” thinking has brought to pass …
Computers
and smart phones
The
electric light bulb
Dawning
of the age of wireless technology
Medical
healing miracles
Space
flight beyond our imaginations
I
vividly remember a poignant moment from the movie Apollo 13. Flight Director
Gene Kranz assembled the engineers and support team into a room. They were puzzling out how to bring home a
severely crippled space craft and three astronauts.
His
words were epic: “Failure is not an option.”
Wow!
THAT
is “CAN DO” thinking.
He
was saying – we’ve never had to do this before, and now we must. How can we pull this off?
It
wasn’t a matter of “can we pull this off” but “How?”.
I
have a friend named Lou. A week ago he
was telling me about his automobile troubles and that it was going to cost
$5500. He had $5 in his bank
account. Two days ago, I asked him how
things were going with his car. He gave
me a positive report. Solutions had been
found and it would cost a lot less than originally thought. Lou had found a “CAN DO” way.
I
went to college to become a music major.
Well and good – except I didn’t know a lot about music. I knew drums and drumming, but I didn’t know
much about music.
They
immediately put me into a music theory class.
Music theory? What the heck! Well, this was my chosen track and I needed
to find a way to survive.
Along
with music theory, I was taking a music fundamentals class, and I was getting
extra tutorial help from my sister-in-law Barbara.
Everything
I learned from Barbara and the music fundamentals class I immediately put to
use in the music theory class. It was a
slow and painful process, and with time I improved my skills, learned to read
music and became proficient in reading any musical score you might place in
front of me. It all started with a “CAN
DO” attitude.
Was
it scary? Oh my, yes.
Did
I get discouraged at times? Oh yeah.
And
I survived.
We
survive those moments as we are making the turn from “can’t do” to “CAN DO.”
It’s
not hocus pocus. It’s not pop
psychology. It’s not voodoo magic.
It
is simply “I CAN” thinking. It works.
Really
and truly.
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