Cross the Line (it’s time)
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Classes of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014… It’s up to you.
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I thought this was a great message. It made me want to convey it to the young men in school and between the ages of 17 to 25 who seem to have given up. They seem to be so dependent upon each other to stay where they are, to have little desires other than the immediate. Their life seems to be based on what they FEEL like doing. Unfortunately some adults operate the same way. When any new challenge makes them uncomfortable the flee from it no matter how promising the outcome.
I think that the “line” all too often is one you have already crossed and you only see it in hindsight. Laying out long term goals is probably the most difficult thing for a person, no matter what age, to do. I have always shared the phrase “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time” Often the goal is too large, but if broken down into smaller more manageable elements, progress to that goal is both easier and measurable.And think of the habits you develop in reaching your many smaller goals to get to that larger one?
This is a great message, however to appeal to students of middle school or high school, you need more up beat tempo, piazzas!
I would venture further to consider “THE LINE” itself as being totally arbitrary and a product of your own doing,.. If you could “see” or “imagine” a lesser line or ultimately NO line at all — an incredible world of possibility would open to you,… crossing the line is great,.. removing it entirely would be truly liberating,… do you think a guy like Bill Gates and the others you mention as aspirational, wrestled with a “line”?? I would suspect they didn’t really even see such things – I’ll guess (who really knows), they were too busy simply “being” and “doing” and somehow enjoying the ride regardless of its eventual end product.