Now I can’t take credit for this story. I heard it first from J.T. Orr, an NBA and NCAA basketball referee; but I do like the story and the message it delivers.
Do you remember as a kid (or parent) that game called Barrel of Monkeys?
There was a plastic barrel which contained 10 or 15 plastic monkeys. Each of the monkeys had a hand that stretched out above their head and one that stretched below them. The hands were formed like hooks. Remember that?
Well the object of the game was to see how many monkeys you could pick up out of the barrel basically creating a chain of monkeys hooked at their hands. You were only allowed to touch one monkey. As one monkey came out of the barrel, he reached back down to grab another monkey and pull him up.
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