The Buzz of Drones
The Buzz of Drones
By Tim Felce (Airwolfhound) - Red Kite - Gigrin Farm, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30783810
I’m not ashamed to admit I’ve quite enjoyed the peace and quiet of lockdown where we live in the Cotswolds. My house looks out across a river and countryside – and I’ve noticed a lot more wildlife recently. There are Swans, Ducks and Moorhens in the river along with their babies – colourful songbirds perch in the trees along the riverbanks and majestic birds of prey circle lazily on the thermals rising from the warm earth. Red Kites, Hawks and Buzzards own the skies – dwarfed only by the Herons that look like escapees from Jurassic Park as they fly in the distance.
The things that surround us become our ‘normal’ very quickly – for better or for worse.
The films we watch, the books we read, the social media influencers we follow – they all shape our thinking and colour our thoughts and emotions – for better or for worse.
I had an interesting experience last week when I was sat in our back garden – all of a sudden, a loud buzzing noise filled the air. It was really loud – angry and yet familiar sounding. I looked up expecting to see a swarm of black drones buzzing around like something out of James Bond – you see how the entertainment we watch fills our mind.
I did see a swarm of drones, but not of little black killer robots – but a swarm of bees – flying along the roofline of the house. It was astonishing how loud they were… and then a few seconds later they moved on and were gone.
It was the first time I had ever seen a bee swarm – it was impressive, and a little scary.
Perhaps if I watched a bit more national geographic channel and a little less sci-fi channel then I would have expected to see bees not flying robot drones when I looked up at the sound.
The things we think are entertaining us are actually shaping our thinking – all the messages we hear, whether we agree with them or not, leave us a little changed – and over time all those little changes add up.
The direction our thoughts go when we are not thinking about what we think about – the points that control the direction our train of thought takes – those are our beliefs.
Sometimes we are aware of what we believe but at other times those beliefs hide in our subconscious influencing our emotions and thoughts and decisions – like a puppet master pulling on our strings.
Our beliefs shape the way we see the world and other people. This is why two people can experience the same events in a day – and one person will say I had a great day and met some lovely people, and the other person will complain about all the things that went wrong for them. Same day, same things happen – but different perspectives shaped by different beliefs.
Henry Ford said: whether you believe you can or believe you can’t – you are right.
whether you believe you can or believe you can’t – you are right.
We will never succeed at anything we believe we cannot do. It is nothing to do with our abilities, but everything to do with our beliefs
You see, if you believe you cannot do something, you are always on the lookout for evidence to support your belief. So if you attempt something that, deep down, you believe you cannot do – at the first sign of difficulty or the first attempt that fails – you see that as confirmation that your belief was right all along – you in fact cannot do this thing – and then you give up.
However, how many worthwhile things have you ever attempted that you were able to do them easily at the first attempt?
How about walking… or speaking…. Or riding a bike… or playing an instrument … or doing math… or writing….
Whenever we try something new, we a rubbish to begin with and we fail – a lot – it is part of the process.
What we need is people who can help us see past the failure and keep hold of a vision of a future where we succeed.
Think about what happened when you learned to ride a bike – perhaps you were 7 or 8 years old
Nothing in your living memory has prepared you for this experience
If you get on the bike and lift your feet off the ground, you just fall over
Then someone comes along to help – a parent or sibling – they say you can do this; I know you can
They hold the seat as you start to peddle, they give you advice, they pick you up when you wobble and crash
I can’t do this you said – you have no evidence in your life that you can learn to ride a bike – you have never done anything like it before
But the person who is helping you, coaching you along keeps encouraging you – they motivate you by saying yes you can… and even though you have no evidence to support it – it’s like you borrow some of their belief in you and keep going… until one day you realise they are not holding on the bike any more – you are peddling on your own – you have done it! Such freedom – as you zoom down the path with the wind in your face.
Having that person to help, your coach and motivator allowed you to escape Henry Fords curse – and you did something you didn’t believe you could.
And that, in a nutshell is the job of a motivational speaker
A motivational speaker shows people how to challenge and change beliefs that are holding them back
A motivational speaker provides some belief that can be borrowed so the people in the audience are willing to attempt something they would otherwise believe they could not do.
A motivational speaker changes people – at work, at home and at play – the new life skills, the attitude adjustments and healthy beliefs they develop – all thanks to their encounter with a motivational speaker.
The world really needs some fresh voices – people who speak up not down, people who speak life and encouragement – people who help others achieve more than they ever believed was possible.
And it all starts with a story.
We all have a unique story – you have a unique story – a story that only you can tell which could become the heart of your motivational speaking business.
It might be about drones, or puppies, or climbing Everest or escaping a disaster or surviving a trauma. It is your unique story.
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