Michelle Shaeffer

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Okay, I’ve got in 29 posts this month and that leaves 2 more to finish the Ultimate Blog Challenge. Close but no banana yet, as they say.  I’ll admit I didn’t feel much like writing after a crazy day, and that’s what’s inspired this post about monkeys and bananas!

Monkeys do like bananas, because they’ve got a sweet tooth.  I had to look that up because I wasn’t sure if it was just one of those things we think or if it was really true.  It’s true and they’re smart enough to figure out how to get bananas that are locked in a chest or suspended out of their reach (check it out here).

Back to the point.  Bananas are a reward for monkeys.  Their goal is to get to the bananas and satisfy that sweet tooth.  To do that, they’re willing to plan a strategy and then follow it through to achieve their goal.  I have no idea how difficult that is for a monkey since I’m no zoologist but let’s assume it’s takes some effort.

Now I’m the monkey.  (I’m using myself as an example, since I don’t want to call you, my reader, a monkey and insult you so you don’t come back to my blog.)  So I’m the monkey.  My goal is the banana.  For me the banana could represent several things but let’s go with the banana as being achieving a specific amount of traffic to my blog.  I want X visitors a day.

What am I willing to do to get that banana?  If I sit on my bottom and refuse to do anything I don’t like or step out of my comfort bubble, do you think I’ll get that banana?

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