{"id":731,"date":"2014-02-26T12:54:16","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T09:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/?p=731"},"modified":"2014-02-26T12:55:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-26T09:55:08","slug":"how-to-peel-a-banana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/how-to-peel-a-banana\/","title":{"rendered":"How to peel a banana&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-733 aligncenter\" alt=\"how to peel a banana\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11609248-a-woman-peeling-a-banana1-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11609248-a-woman-peeling-a-banana1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11609248-a-woman-peeling-a-banana1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.dolphinsgroup.co.ke\/dolphins_training\/blogging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/11609248-a-woman-peeling-a-banana1.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a better way to peel a banana.<br \/>\nThe process is frustration-free and prevents bruising.<br \/>\nIt even takes those stringy things off of the fruit.<br \/>\nTry it.<br \/>\nInstead of bending and twisting and eventually tearing the stem with your teeth.<br \/>\nHold the banana stem facing down.<br \/>\nNow gently pinch the very top of the banana to split the skin.<br \/>\nAnd peel the skin downwards towards the stem.<br \/>\nThe stem even makes an excellent handle.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s the strange thing.<br \/>\nEven though it works much better than your present routine, you won&#8217;t adopt it.<br \/>\nBecause better is not what drives you.<br \/>\nUnless there&#8217;s a compelling desire to change, you won&#8217;t.<br \/>\nThe stem will continue to signal your feeling mind.<br \/>\n&#8220;Grab it and yank down! You know how to do this. Don&#8217;t waste time.&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd off you&#8217;ll go.<br \/>\nYour banana peeling belief will remain unchanged.<br \/>\nEven though your thinking mind &#8220;knows&#8221; better.<br \/>\nEvery decision is like peeling a banana.<br \/>\nA choice between comfort, the unquestioning status quo.<br \/>\nAnd possibility, a new way of feeling and acting.<br \/>\nA famous French writer observed, &#8220;There are people whose clocks stop at a certain point in their lives.&#8221;<br \/>\nSure, the way you handle a banana is of little consequence.<br \/>\nBut your other routine ways of thinking and doing will eventually run you down.<br \/>\nSo the next time you peel a banana, remember.<br \/>\nThere is always another way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; There&#8217;s a better way to peel a banana. The process is frustration-free and prevents bruising. It even takes those stringy things off of the fruit. Try it. Instead of bending and twisting and eventually tearing the stem with your teeth. Hold the banana stem facing down. 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