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Before You Overthink: I'll Be Out of There in One Hour No Problem He Said

The document tells a story about Harry Houdini and his claim that he could escape from any jail cell. He accepted a challenge to escape from an old jail cell within an hour. However, after working intensely for two hours, Houdini collapsed against the cell door in defeat, which then opened because the door had never actually been locked - the door was only locked in Houdini's mind. The story suggests that many problems people face are due to being mentally "locked" in overthinking, when the solutions may actually be simple if they overcome self-doubt and limitations they place upon themselves mentally.

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Before You Overthink: I'll Be Out of There in One Hour No Problem He Said

The document tells a story about Harry Houdini and his claim that he could escape from any jail cell. He accepted a challenge to escape from an old jail cell within an hour. However, after working intensely for two hours, Houdini collapsed against the cell door in defeat, which then opened because the door had never actually been locked - the door was only locked in Houdini's mind. The story suggests that many problems people face are due to being mentally "locked" in overthinking, when the solutions may actually be simple if they overcome self-doubt and limitations they place upon themselves mentally.

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BEFORE YOU OVERTHINK

You are about to hear A strange, but true story

Legend has it, Harry Houdini, the master magician,

Once claimed that he could break out of any jail cell in the world,

all he had to do… was walk into that jail cell with his street clothes on.

I’ll be out of there in one hour no problem he said

well a very old jail, down south, heard about Houdini’s claims and they accepted his challenge. On
the day of the event , many people gathered outside

Very confidently Houdini walked right into the jail and into the cell and they shut the metal doors
behind him

the first thing Houdini did was he took of his coat

then, very strangely … he took of this belt. Secretly hidden in Houdini’s belt was a ten inch piece of
steel. Very tough and very flexible and Houdini… started working. In about 30 minutes,

that confident expression Houdini had when walked in, disappeared. In one hour he was bathed in
sweat. And at the end of two hours Houdini in defeat… collapsed against the door which then…
opened

it opened because you see, that door had never been locked. But that’s not entirely true is it? That
door was locked. It was firmly and thoroughly locked in Houdini’s mind…

which meant it was locked as if the best locksmith in the world had put his lock on it. The mind is
powerful how may doors in your life do you think are locked but aren’t how many times have you
been stuck in the mental prison of over thinking? Something that really had a simple solution

Your mind will tell you lies

it will tell you

you can’t do that

you are not meant for that

you’re not good enough for that

you can’t go on any more

you don’t have the energy

you must thank it for its opinion and carry on.

Because like Houdini showed us…

the only locked doors that exist. Are in your own mind.

The doors in reality are open and all you have to do is walk through

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