I had the privilege to blog for last week’s Career Connector’s event in Scottsdale. Gloria Petersen with Global Protocol gave us great advice on presenting ourselves in the best light. She also challenged us to make challenges work for us, not against us. Here is an excerpt and link to the blog recap:
Determination is what it takes to beat the odds. When Gloria went through a trial, she had to persevere to make it through the other side. That is the power of each one of us. […]
Zig Ziglar always had a way of distilling so much into one sound bite! This quote got my mind racing. Have I learned from defeats? Have I learned the right lessons? Nobody likes defeat. It’s especially hard when we gave it all we could and we still come up short.
There was an article in my morning newspaper about an Anderson University professor who gets to participate in Google X lab.
AU professor invited to secret Google X lab » Local News » The Herald Bulletin.
Professor Scott Kennedy talked about the point of research is to fail sometimes. Not only is that the point of research, but it’s also the point of getting anywhere in life. Professor Kennedy says,
I am always telling my students that the point of research is to fail sometimes, to mess up and learn from what happened, what didn’t happen and what didn’t work. You can’t be afraid to try something.
This goes perfectly with the lesson I will be teaching the kids in large group this morning. It’s about endurance: sticking with what you started even when things get tough. Here is the verse for the month:
Let us not become tired of doing good. At the right time we will gather a crop if we don’t give up. Galatians 6:9
Whether it’s science, business, parenting or doing good, we will eventually succeed if we do these things:
Go ahead and fail today. If we keep at it and work towards the goal, we will reap that reward in the end.
Cartoon of two students. A boy says, “Should we abandon all hope, or keep plugging through fourth grade?”
Sometimes, it just feels like hope is a distant goal to grasp, doesn’t it? I remember hoping and praying that school would be over soon. Thirty years later, I can tell you there’s hope. Hold on. You’re break will be here before you know it.
