A small effort to change a habit or routine can propel one into the next stage of one's life and career. Here's an example:
In the 1950s Walt Disney had reached the pinnacles of success as the most famous Hollywood animation producer in the world. His Snow White, Mickey Mouse, Fantasia and dozens of other animated films had made him legend in his own time. However, when the studio began development of its next project, the animation of Cinderella, Walt unexpectedly dropped out of the production. Instead he stayed at home and rode a model train that went around his vast estate. Every day he would sit on the engine and hour after hour went round and round on the scaled down mini train. People now thought that the pressures of his position had finally gotten to him. Some even thought he had gone mad. And yet what was actually happening was that Walt had gradually come to see that he could develop some sort of park in which a small train could circle the environs. Not long after, the vision matured and he envisioned an amusement park where his cartoons and animation could come to life. It became Disneyland, built in California which then spread around the world with additional parks, taking Disney and his corporation to even greater heights. And it all happened because Walt Disney wanted something FRESH in his life. He was willing to give up the routine, in this case the Cinderella film, and try something different, and as a result, he came upon an idea that changed the course of entertainment history. With that in mind, think about what has become mere dull habit and routine in your life, and consider how you can make it fresh. Not by eliminating or abandoning the job, but by seeing a new wrinkle, a new possibility of doing the work, instead of the same old way. One man we know of simply took a different path one day on his daily walk and suddenly came upon a small store that contained a book that changed the course of his writing career, enabling the publication of his breakthrough book. That is the power of changing the habit and routine into something fresh and new. The world suddenly opens up before your eyes! -by Roy Posner
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