Monday, September 18, 2006

Performance Strategies: The Steel Room

Imagine yourself in a large solid, steel room. The walls, the floor, the ceiling...all steel, all 2 feet thick. There is no way in and no way out. There are no windows, doors or cracks to crawl through. There is only a minute of air left and then, you die. Use that minute wisely and figure a way out without any tools or devices.

Having trouble? Trying to figure every way out. Is you time up yet. If so, sorry, you're already gone. No worries though. If you haven't already figured it out (and less than 2% do), read on.

So, how do you get out? That's easy! The same way you got in! Since you imagined your way in, why not just imagine your way out! 59 seconds to spare!

You see, we all create these steel rooms...right out of our imagination. And we are every bit as stuck as if the situation was real. When we imagine the worst, we need to remind ourselves to ask one question? Is this experience real or imagined. If real, go ahead and cope with it. We usually do aterrific job of coping in the toughest of times. However, chances are that it is imagined and in such a case, just imagine something else.