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“What really is (im)possible?”
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5 November 2009 – Dublin
11 November 2009 - Belfast
In his fourth article, results coach, Bryan Dunlop describes why he
uses the fire walking metaphor in his seminars and why he feels it
is so necessary to provide his attendees with the opportunity to
address such a challenge.
What do diamonds,
captivity and firewalking
have to do with business
success?
by Bryan Dunlop
I
n February 2008, I went to Our three hour evening session focuses on why we
listen to a speaker at an think the way we think, in other words, how we have
event in London. One been conditioned and what impact this has on us.
aspect of the event was that we were given an We then look at how to easily establish where you
opportunity to firewalk. For some people this was the really want to go and finally start to build the plan that
main reason they were there though this wasn’t the case will take you there.
for me.
If you really want to do something, you are going to
We spent six hours being prepared for the firewalk and have to take action at some stage. I can carry people
then at 11pm, we walked out to the fire lanes. I spent 45 (metaphorically) down to the fire lane and place them in
minutes standing barefoot on cold concrete before the right position in front of the fire. Only one person can
walking across what I was assured was a 10 foot coal bed. make the decision to step onto the coals. No matter
I wasn’t convinced. I felt no heat at all just some what is going on inside your head, if you want to fire
crunching under my feet. walk you have to decide to take the one step that will
I liked the idea of firewalking though. I run events that start the walk. Fear might hold you back but once you
are focused on mindset. One aspect of our sessions is step onto the coals, fear will ensure that you keep
focusing on how we confront our challenges and I walking!
always like to put the theory into practice. Our fire lanes are now 14 feet long. This will require the
There are a number of ways of doing this and some are fire walker to take between five and seven steps to
a test of pure strength, which I found to be complete the fire walk. It is possible to step off the fire
discriminatory. Firewalking is not a test of physical lane if you want – so there is a get out clause if you want
strength so I went to Sweden to find out more, see if it it.
was really for me and gain an accreditation as an Let’s be very clear, fire walking is just a metaphor for
Instructor along the way. confronting challenge.
Over four days in the Swedish country side we built When I was held captive on a diamond mine in Angola,
and walked on a variety of fires. On the Saturday evening West Africa, then safely evacuated to Namibia, my boss
I completed 108 laps of a 10 foot fire lane without injury. asked me to go straight back to the civil war torn
Interestingly, the next day I stepped onto a 10 foot fire country, and take my team with me.
lane and with the very first step, received my first blister.
I was scared, of course but I overcame my fear by
I was pleased that I did because it demonstrated that simply stepping onto a plane and my team took the
the fires do have heat and that firewalking is not some same step.
form of trick of physics.
I was the only one who could make the choice to step
Fear interests me. One hand it stops some people from onto that plane.
doing things and on the other hand, when they have
I am not a theorist, though I understand the theory
started, fear stops them from stopping what they have
fully. I like to provide our Attendees with an opportunity
started. Fear inhibits and yet it can also inspire.
to experience similar emotions to the ones I felt, because
For some people, just getting over initial anxiety or fear when they take that one step, their perspective could
suddenly opens up amazing doors for them. This can be change for ever.
from starting their own business through to applying for
the job they want as opposed to staying in the job
they’ve got.
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