The real moral of the three billy goats Gruff
In my personal coaching, I often talk about the various personalities that reside in our heads and actively work to impede our progress. Here’s my take on the inner troll... If you don’t know the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff then you might like to read it here . It seems like no matter what we do these days there is a troll blocking the way, doing what it can to stop us from crossing the bridge to greener pastures. Trolls can be family or friends who belittle our efforts to change and are unsupportive of our ideas. The supermarket with its chocolate displayed next to the checkout can act as a troll. Of course the internet is teeming with trolls who are just itching to tell us all about how wrong and stupid we are. But none of these trolls hold anywhere near the sort of power of our own inner trolls ; the voice in our head telling us that we are too weak, too hopeless and not worthy of success. The voice that just wants to remind us of all our past shortcomings an...