The ONLY Way to Never Fail
What happens if you fail?
Asking the following question to a sports star or movie star, they usually answer in the same way.
“What do you have to say to young people who want to be like you?”
They usually answer something similar to these words: “Well, I would say to definitely go to college and get an education. Just in case something doesn’t work out, you have a back-up plan.”
The funny thing about this, a lot of these people skipped over education or a “back-up plan” and when recruited into whatever role or position on a team, they do it greatly (because of this and skill). If these people spent time going for a back-up plan, they would lose this opportunity of a lifetime. Having the back-up plan might be setting up the person for inevitable failure because of less focus on the main goal.
I’m not saying to quit school or not go to school at all. Far from it. What these successful sports stars or movie stars don’t say is to know what you want. Going to school without a purpose [...]
Posted on January 5th 2010.
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