Eentsy Weentsy Spider

Lessons learned from Eentsy Weentsy Spider

There is an old children’s rhyme called Eentsy Weentsy Spider that parents taught to their children. The rhyme was cute and even had hand motions that went with it.

The rhyme was a children’s poem, but today I would like to share some adult thoughts on this rhyme and how they apply to the business community today
First, let’s review the words to the rhyme….

Eentsy Weentsy Spider

The eentsy, weentsy spider went up the water spout
Down came the rain and washed the spider out
Out came the sun and dried up all the rain
So the eentsy, weentsy spider went up the spout again.

Now let’s break the poem down and analyze it.

Enntsy Weentsy just by name alone tells us that the spider was not large. In fact the spider did not have a huge presence in the business world, finance world or even in the arachnid world. The point is Eentsy was one of the little people on the arachnid corporate ladder.

The fact that this little spider went up the water spout shows action and the desire to move up in the arachnid world. There is no detail on the size of the water spout. However, it would be safe to assume that the water spout – when compared to Eentsy – was huge.

This little spider was tackling the big gun, the big account, going straight up to the top. Great, because it shows that Eentsy had a goal. Eentsy wanted more out of life. Eentsy had curiosity and a desire to not stay where Eentsy was currently at.

En route to Eentsy’s ascent it began to rain. Yes, in any endeavor one must put up with a little rain. And, at times that rain may wash you out and bankrupt you. It may toss you about emotionally, physically and financially.

The fact is, according to the poem, Eentsy was washed out. All forward progress was halted. All past achievements were erased by a downward rainfall.

The poem then tells us that the weather pattern changed. Life has seasons. Patterns change. No downward trend lasts forever – so ride out the storm. Take notice of the sun coming out.

Once the sun comes out, it dries up all the rain. In other words, the heat and dryness of the sun enables us to forget about those rainy events that destroyed our best laid plans.

The sun will come out!

So, what did Eentsy do? He or she persevered. Eentsy went back up the water spout again.

When life pours rain down on you, know that the sun will be out soon. And, once it comes out – get busy with moving forward toward your goal again.
Get up, dry off and go back up the water spout.

If little Eentsy Weentsy can do it – you can too.

Have a great week

Ron