Passion, Potential and Success Like Kung Fu Panda
Have you ever watched the kids movie Kung Fu Panda? If you haven’t you are so missing out!
Filled with humour and homily, there is a place in the movie where the Panda, played by Jack Black finds that the one thing he spent his whole life wanting to do with all his heart seems to be beyond his reach.
…and then, Panda in the kitchen eating because he that’s what he does when he is upset, it’s his fall back behaviour, you know the behaviour pattern we have that helps us stay marching in place and prevents us from achieving our potential, our dreams and success? What’s your fall back behaviour, something you love to do, but it is one that seems not to have any use to you perhaps it even seems to be your downfall, your achilles heel?
Well enough of that for now, let’s get back to the story, there’s Panda eating and eating and all the while he is in a bit of a frenzy, busting through cupboard doors with one punch and climbing to the top shelf easily and doing the splits which seemed impossible while he was trying to learn. Funny thing while he was doing something he loved, he could suddenly use all the skills he found so difficult when he wasn’t doing what he loved.
His mentor (sensei) was also able to suddenly see Panda’s potential too, and saw the way to finally teach this seemingly useless pupil how to reach his potential and step into his purpose. He too had to let go of his beliefs about how a Kung Fu pupil would act and learn and find a way to help Panda. The next scenes show Sensei teaching Panda using food in many ways, and we see Panda easily doing what he found so difficult before.
Huge AHA! right there! read more…
