‘Let’s Just Get To The Bottom Of This Hill, Mr.Frodo’ – Sean D’Souza’s Article

Imagine thirty thousand menacing obstacles in your path to success.

You’re dehydrated. Hungry as hell. And wobbling like ontoo much Guinness. Your eyes hurt, your head throbs and your willis all but broken. You’re not even sure you want to go on.

You feel like Frodo

As in the character Frodo, in the final episode of the ‘Lord of theRings-The Return of the King.’

Terror and dismay gleam from Frodo’s big, expressive blue eyes. Inthe distance, he can see his goal. But it seems to him like he’llnever get there. He turns to Sam and says in a defeated tone, “Sam,it’s the Eye,” referring to the eye of Sauron – the enemy he mustdestroy.

And Sam turns to Frodo in a soft, encouraging voice and says,”Let’s just get to the bottom of this hill, Mr.Frodo.”

Let’s just get to the bottom of this hill, Mr.Frodo

I spoke at the World Internet Summit in Sydney, Australia, a few years ago. And I saw about two hundred and fifty Frodos in theaudience.

Confused. Weary. Inundated with dozens of tactics and strategiesabout the Internet, their eyes stared into nothingness. Frozenstiff at the task of having to build an Internet business fromscratch, almost all of them seemed to have a cross too heavy tobear.

And they didn’t exactly have Sam to egg them on

I said to them, like I say to you. “Let’s just get to the bottom ofthis hill, Mr.Frodo.” Then we’ll do the next hill, and the next andthe next, till we get to our destination.

You’re bound to be struggling. I struggled at Yoga class. I’m afirst-class doofus. Five minutes after we start the class, I wonderwhen it’s all going to end. I look at the ‘human pretzels’ twistingand turning to the left and right of me, and I can’t ever seemyself being so flexible. And I despair.

But I’ve got my own personal Sam. I simply say to myself: “Let’sjust get to the bottom of this hill, Mr.Frodo”

And hurrah, yippeee yahooey, I actually made it pastYoga session No.2. 🙂

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