A friend of mine shared a somewhat blurry video with me about a man named Wally Wallington. A guy who’s a retired construction worker in Michigan, not a scientist, but who clearly has a very moving story. And to be more exact, he knows how to move stones.
But he doesn’t move stones like the ones in your flower garden.
Wally can move stones from 300 pounds to nearly 10 tons. All by himself. With no hydraulic machinery or trucks or fancy schmancy tools. Well, his moving tools are very cool. Just not what you’d call fancy.
His family thought he was crazy when Wally first started moving large stones. Isn’t that just like family so much of the time? But once they saw the massive weight he could move, entirely on his own, they were impressed, to say the least.
In the video, Wally says he believes he knows how Stonehenge, the famous blocks of stones in Britain, was put into place. And he said it’s all “based on a very simple technique.” He said, I found a simple explanation for this. To move a block about the weight of a minivan would be to place a stone underneath it, and once I balance on it, I can spin it.”
He continued his demonstration as he said, “I got two handles on my lever, and I could place another stone on this side. Now every time I spin a half rotation on each stone I move the block horizontally the distance between the stones. And with my own output I could move a 1 ton block 300 feet per hour.”
As I said, a very moving story. Right?
But, as incredible as that all sounds, Wally’s story gets even more amazing. He’s moved one ton blocks and even buildings. In fact, he moved a pole barn. You can see him doing it in the video. It was a 30′ X 40′ pole barn. And he moved it 300 feet onto another property for one of his friends.
And even more impressive than that was the final feat they showed in the video. Wally stood a massive block of concrete, that weighed 19,2000 pounds, up vertically. Totally by himself, using only sticks, stones, and gravity.
You might not believe it till you see it. But I saw it. And he definitely did it. I’m not even gonna try to explain his levers and methods. But it shows you how much even one person, alone, can accomplish.
And that brings me to why I wanted to share Wally’s story with you. Because I think his action is a great analogy for what you (and I) need to do probably a little more often.
And that’s to get out of the daily grind and go outside and move stones of your own.
Or go see a movie. Or hike in the mountains. Whatever or wherever you like to go and do stuff you enjoy just because you enjoy it. Get yourself a change of scenery. Do some things in a different order. Or eat a different kind of lunch. Find the little pleasures in life and let them help you spin around to a fresh and invigorated perspective.
Once you get refreshed, THEN go back to work.
But I bet you go energized with a new perspective.
Sometimes you don’t even realize you need to do it until you actually do it. Believe me, I understand what it’s like to get in the groove and not want to stop. Especially when you’re trying to build your business and get more out of life. But I encourage you to at least give this advice a try.
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