Once upon a time, there was a penguin who was surfing the web.
He came across the website of a motivational speaker who specialized in teaching pigs how to fly.
The penguin was amazed and thought, “If this person can teach pigs to fly, maybe he can perform a miracle and also teach penguins to fly.”
The penguin emailed the motivational speaker and asked him if he could teach penguins to fly.
“Of course. No problem,” The speaker responded.
The penguin then asked him if he would be interested in coming to the South Pole.
The speaker said it would be very expensive.
The money was raised.
The travel arrangements were made.
Everything was all set.
On the big day, 100 excited penguins showed up at a hotel for the seminar.
The motivational speaker began the seminar by telling the penguins that there were only two things they had to do to fly:
#1. Flap your wings harder.
#2. Believe in yourself.
He started teaching them how to flap really, really, really hard.
The penguins learned how to flap harder, but not one of the penguins left the ground.
Then the motivational speaker had ladders set up all around the room. He explained that he wanted the penguins to start on the first rung, jump off and flap really hard.
They started on the first rung. They jumped off and flapped. And then they all fell flat on their beaks.
Next, then they progressed to the second rung. They jumped off, flapped really hard, but no success.
When they got to the third rung, all of a sudden some one of the penguins yelled out, “Look at Ralph! Look at Ralph!”
Ralph was up and flying for about 10 seconds.
That did it!
As soon as the penguins saw that it was possible, they started to believe!
One after another, they started flying. They were up in the air for five seconds . . . 10 seconds . . . 30 seconds . . .
By the end of the day, every single one of the penguins was flying for as long as they wanted!
The seminar was a resounding success.
When it ended, the speaker didn’t just get a standing ovation -- he received a flying one, too!
