The Pot Roast Story
Here's a brilliant story to illustrate the value in questioning and revising the way we do things when all is not working the way we want them to.
The Pot Roast Story
A newly wed husband noticed that every time his wife cooked a pot roast she would first cut an inch off either end before putting it in the oven. When asked why, she said "Because that's how you are supposed to cook pot roast." Unsatisfied with her answer he pushed until she admitted that she had learned it from her mother.
Waiting until a visit with his wife's mother, the husband asked, "Your daughter tells me you taught her to cook pot roast by first cutting an inch off each end?" To which the mother replied, "Well of course, that's how pot roast is cooked." But the husband was not to be deterred, and after pressing his mother-in-law on the subject she finally admitted that she'd learned it from her mother.
This meant the husband had to ask the wife's grandmother. When he finally got his chance he asked, "your daughter to me you taught her to cut an inch off each end of a pot roast before cooking. She swore it was a requirement, but I'm dying to know why? Is there any sane reason to throw away two inches of perfectly good meat in order to cook a pot roast?"
Laughingly the grandmother said, "Oh, heaven's no! You see in those days we were very poor and didn't own much cookware. I cut the ends off the pot roast so it would fit in my only pan!"
So the story goes...
As we go through the training here, many with some experience online are tempted to resort to doing things the way they have been taught from others. And even though the way we are accustomed to doing things are NOT producing the results we want; we trudge on not realizing there could be a better way.
Are we ready to change our world with a fresh perspective?
"Change is inevitable, so embrace it!"
All the Best!
~Gaylon Avery
Incomes-At-Home.com
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But I doubt that this treasure is ignored here, I feel we are in a place where depth and experience are appreciated and encouraged....
That would put a bit of a bteak on the overflow of crisscrossing infos that prevent us from going in-depth into a topic, and getting truly and magically absorbed in a world of content, as we used to do when engrossed in thick books! It would be a great loss if that was not acted against....
Very true Gaylon - a great point to think about. Plus we are all different - we need not be made into one mold. I think training and learning what works for others is great and then we can trial and error on our own.
Good analogy to a point so true. So often we do things just because that is the way it was always done without knowing the reason why.
With better technology we don't have to do many of the old things just like getting a bigger pot.......Marty
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Great story Gaylon, yes change is good:)
Thanks for dropping by and adding your comment, Leslie. Yes, change is good ... if we remember: Not All Change Is Progress! The changes we make should move us closer to achieving our goal or adjusted to fit the application or abandoned entirely. All the Best! ~Gaylon