A FAVORITE STORY - THE ANGEL INSIDE
The story goes, a little boy was watching Michelangelo work on the famous marble status of David and asked his master, “Why are you
hitting that rock?”
Michelangelo replied. “There’s an angel inside and I’m setting him free.”
What’s interesting about the story of Michelangelo’s “David” is that most artists thought this particular slab of marble was inferior – that it was too thin to work with, and the first time you put a chisel to it, it would crack in half. Over the course of about 25
years, many artists were offered the opportunity to work with this piece of stone, but most declined. They couldn’t see what lay resonant in the rock, but Michelangelo could see what they couldn’t and in setting his chisel to that rock to carve out the “David,” he carved his name into human history.
This is a powerful image.
Every single one of us no
matter what we may look like on the surface has inside us this capacity for power and beauty. Those two other artists looked at the marble and said, “I don’t see anything in there.” How often do we do that with the people around us? Or even with ourselves?
It takes a person of great vision like Michelangelo to see the potential trapped within a piece of inert rock. Every single person you meet has the
capacity for greatness within them – that angel inside.
IT'S A POWERFUL METAPHOR. This story is a powerful metaphor for how we, as entrepreneurs, should approach meeting new people and finding our ideal customers. Like the marble that contained in the statue of David, every person we encounter has untapped potential and hidden greatness within
them. Our task is to see beyond the surface to recognize the angel within.
Learn more about how to use this story in my video on
HOW TO ATTRACT YOUR IDEAL CLIENT
