Written by Eugene Morgan
“Out of a wheelchair I win Olympic championships all the time.” Milton Erickson
As you can see from most of Erickson’s quotes, he’s good at turning a phrase. It’s interesting how he links “a wheelchair” with winning “olympic championships” together. The message he wants us to get is that in spite of our limitations, we don’t have to yield to them. Erickson made himself an example for people around him that he set goals and carry them out even in a wheelchair. All of us have different kinds of limitations that get in the way of our goals. Erickson wants us to stop looking at our limitations, and start looking toward our goals we set and win championships. It’s also interesting that Erickson didn’t say he won the state, national, or international championships, he said Olympic championships. In other words, he’s saying be unafraid to go for the big win—go for gold!