Help Yourself – Stop and Think

When something sounds too good to be true … it usually is.

The get-rich-quick deal … guaranteed to double your money in a month.
The car that is for sale for thousands below all the other cars like it.

The get-thin-quick diet … lose ten pounds in a week.

The book that promises to answer all your questions.
And the list goes on …

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When we hear someone else talk about one of those scenarios, we can usually see every flaw in the plan five seconds after they begin talking.

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Yet each of us has probably looked at a too-good-to-be-true offer and wondered if maybe this time, this one would be different. Maybe it would actually work. Maybe, just maybe. Imagine if …

At this point, we begin to hear a loud sucking noise …

That noise is us being sucked into an unrealistic promise. Hopefully, it will shock us back to reality and a voice in our head will say,

When something sounds too good to be true … it usually is.

This is a good time to stop and think.

A few minutes of honest thinking about a scenario that has enticed us should help us look at it objectively and realize that it’s one of those … those things that sound too good to be true.

Of the scenarios I mention at the beginning, the one I can most easily fall for is the last one. Too many times, I’ve found myself thinking that a certain book will hold all the answers and/or change my world. Don’t get me wrong … books can be amazing and life-changing! Some have greatly affected my life. But time has taught me that no matter how great a book is … no one book will answer/solve everything.

Have you ever fallen or hopefully caught yourself falling for something that sounds too good to be true?