Have you ever heard the crab in the bucket parable?

Once upon a time, a man was walking on a beach 🏖 when he came upon a fisherman 🎣. As he got closer he saw the fisherman had a bucket full of crabs 🦀. The crabs were climbing on each other and the bucket had no lid.

The mans asked the fisherman if he was worried the crabs would escape.

The fisherman said 𝙣𝙤, because if only 𝙤𝙣𝙚 crab was in the bucket it could easily climb out.

But because the bucket was 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 of crabs, if one crab tried to crawl out, the 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣.

This has become known as 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙗 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙧𝙮. And unfortunately, it happens with groups of people too.

Have you tried to do something that is brave and different, and felt unsupported and sometimes ridiculed for your courage? Do you feel like sometimes you have people in your life that want to pull you back down?

Here's what I've done that has helped so much. I surround myself with people who have a growth mindset. Without a doubt the best way to succeed is in a community of people that lift each other up not tear each other down.

So go find those people! And drop a crab 🦀 in the comments of you’re ready to climb out 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙘. I'm rooting for you!