{"id":77,"date":"2013-02-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/?p=77"},"modified":"2026-07-31T19:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T19:59:06","slug":"life-lessons-from-bob-the-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/life-lessons-from-bob-the-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Life Lessons From Bob The Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center\">Life Lessons From Bob The Builder<\/h2>\n<p>Warning: There is some bad singing in this video. Proceed at your own risk!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re familiar with British children\u2019s TV you will no doubt be very aware of <strong>Bob the Builder.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He is a well known children\u2019s character who is builder surronded by talking tools and vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>But it struck me as my children were watching the programme one morning that there is one character in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Bob the builder<\/span>\u2018s team who always casts a shadow of doubt as to whether they can actually achieve what they have set out to achieve.<\/p>\n<h2>What Bob The Builder Taught Me About Life<\/h2>\n<p>As I thought about that character I thought about my kids and the message that this little crane character was inputting into them.<\/p>\n<p>As everybody shouts, \u2018YES WE CAN\u2019 the little crane character replies by saying, \u201cOh yes, I think so!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/paymorson\/?attachment_id=2535\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2535\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2535\" alt=\"bob the builder\" src=\"\/paymorson\/files\/2013\/02\/Lofty_s_Comet.jpg\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That bugged me because I don\u2019t want my kids to ever have doubt that they can achieve something in life.<\/p>\n<p>Saying, \u201cI think I can do something\u201d is not the same as saying \u201cI know I can!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As I watched that episode of <em>Bob The Builder<\/em>, I knew I had to reinforce the belief in my kids, that the crane was not to be copied. The message is \u201cYes We Can\u201d not \u201cOh yes, I think so!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you are in a place where you think you can do it, you will not do it. You have to be in a place where you know you can do it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/makemoneynow.php?id=paymorson\">Aaron Rashkin<\/a> talks about the idea of those who say, \u201cI\u2019ll try my best\u201d and those who say, \u201cI\u2019ll have a go\u201d. Both will fail because neither have the belief or conviction to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>However, the one who says, \u201cI\u2019ll do what it takes\u201d is in a place where they have the conviction and the belief to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>Today, get rid of the voice in your mind that says, \u201cI think so\u201d and know that you can do what it is you setting out to do!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/paidtoday.zillionairepro.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/zillionairepro.com\/images\/sm\/banners\/zip-cover2.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Life Lessons From Bob The Builder Warning: There is some bad singing in this video. Proceed at your own risk! If you\u2019re familiar with British children\u2019s TV you will no doubt be very aware of Bob the Builder. He is a well known children\u2019s character who is builder surronded by talking tools and vehicles. But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":636,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,50,25,9],"tags":[183,184,185],"class_list":["post-77","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-and-children","category-inspiration","category-making-money","category-other","tag-bob-the-builder","tag-children","tag-lofty-the-crane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/636"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/empowernetwork.com\/paymorson\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}