Why Learned Helplessness Will Destroy Your Life?
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Have you felt that much of your life has been a result of Luck and not how much you work hard? That however hard you tried, you are still stuck in a rut and no matter what you do, nothing seems to change around you.
To learn the concept of Learned Helplessness, let us take a look at the story of a baby elephant.
What is Learned Helplessness?
In olden times and even today, whenever a new baby elephant is born — it is tied to a tree with a chain. The chain & tree are strong enough to keep the baby elephant in his place and prevent it from running away.
While it is young the baby elephant will try every trick to get away and break free from the chains. But sooner than later it’ll give up. It’ll learn to wait till the master provides him food and allows him to drink it’s mothers milk.
The same baby elephant later grows up into a massive Elephant which is capable of ripping several trees and chains at once. Even when the Elephant grows into a giant, the master still ties it with the same old chain. The Elephant will not break free from the chains to which it has been tied to since birth!
