Insanity

Have you ever beat you head against a wall? We hear that term all the time and I would venture to say that we have all done it from time to time; beat our heads against a wall trying to figure out how to do something different so that it will finely work. It doesn’t seem to matter what it is, whether it is trying to lose weight or solve some discipline issue with our children, we have all pounded the noggin on the wall from time to time trying to figure it out. So why is it so difficult? Why do we seem to try so hard and often times seem to get so little for our efforts?

I read an article several years ago that a client of mine sent me. It was written by a psychologist from some university who was watching a news broadcast and was inspired to research this question mentioned above. The news broadcast was about a bank robber who was about five feet tall and three hundred pounds, clearly not someone who could blend into a crowd easily. This bank robber waddled into a bank in broad daylight, pushed a gun into the teller’s face and demanded money. The teller loaded him up and he waddled out. The interesting thing was that this bank robber didn’t think it necessary to disguise his appearance. He walked into the bank with no disguise at all! He then drove to the next bank and did the same thing! When he was finished, he drove himself home and thought that he had gotten away with it. Well, as banks now a days have...