FOCUS: Don’t Quit! (v2n15)
This Week’s Lesson
I was fishing with my friend and he was impatiently tired. We were there for two hours and had nothing to show for it. About the time he was ready to leave, I felt a tug and pulled out a giant fish.
-Drew H’s life lesson from Olathe, Kansas
Richard’s Thoughts…
This week’s lesson comes from one of the students I had the great fortune of speaking to at the end of July at the Raven Leadership Camp in Olathe, Kansas. I love the picture of this lesson: guys fishing, not catching anything, ready to quit.
That symbolism translates perfectly into our lives today. Dreams are really hard to achieve and goals help us along the way, but there are times when the dream seems so far away, so hard, so much more work and many more obstacles that it seems easier to simply lay down the fishing rod and move on–and quit.
If you’re near the quitting stage on something in your life, take a pause today and think about something for me. Instead of quitting the dream or the chase, can you modify it? Can you change the deadline? Can you add smaller goals in between to make it a more step-by-step process. Don’t quit on something you’re passionate about. Maybe all you need is to change the bait at the end of the line and toss it back in the water and see what happens. Who knows… maybe you’ll catch your dream!
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