You’ve no doubt heard the story of the frog in boiling water. If you drop a frog into boiling water, it immediately jumps out (or so the story goes). However, if you put a frog in a pot of room-temperature water, and then bring the water to a boil very, very slowly, the frog will not perceive the danger and stay in the water until it dies. The story is often used as a metaphor for the inability or unwillingness of people to react to significant changes that occur gradually. People stuck in deteriorating or stagnating relationships also fall prey to the frog-in-boiling-water syndrome. They are unhappy, but they just go on being unhappy without deciding to do anything to improve their situation or to get out of it. Just like the frog, they stay where they are as the water slowly reaches the boiling point. Don’t be like our friend the simmering frog. You are smarter than the frog. Step back from time to time and take stock of situations in your life such as your health, your relationships, your career or job, your business and your investments. Do this regularly. Remind yourself that you are too smart to be complacent about a steadily deteriorating situation.
Posted on: Mon, 12 Aug 2013 16:31:58 +0000
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