Imagine you put on a heavy-duty leather belt and fastened it tight around your waist. The belt has iron rings around the outside so you can clip things onto them.
Now, imagine you connect a chain to the ring in the front of your belt. A long, thick chain. You hand the other end of this chain to a Strongman who begins pulling it with all his might. The force of the pull is more than you can resist. You start moving in that direction.
But then you connect a new chain to the ring on your right hip and give the other end to a different Strongman. He begins pulling the chain in his direction, not straight in front of you, but to your right. The force of that pull is also more than you can resist. Your movement shifts to the right.
Neither Strongman is strong enough to overpower the other, but both are strong enough to pull you. You are moving, not in the direction of either chain, but somewhere in the middle, split between their tension.
Physics dictates that your position and direction cannot and will not change without a change in force applied. You can add forces, remove forces, or align forces.
Add more forces that pull you in a specific direction. Remove the chains of forces pulling you in undesired directions. Align existing forces so they pull you in one unified direction.
Click here for 5 reflection questions about the chains that pull you:
What chains are attached to your belt?
What (or who) are the forces pulling them?
Where is each force trying to pull you and why?
What is the pull of each force doing for you?
What is the total effect on your direction, speed, and trajectory?
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