It's my favorite day of the week! Just kidding. Actually, Thursday is my favorite day of the week. I'm not sure why, but I have always been a fan of Thursdays. Go figure. Anyway...on to the motivation. LOL
"I Believe That Children Are The Future"
Today I attended my son's kindergarten graduation and while it was full of your normal elementary school follies like funny songs, group poems and kids reading like robots, the one thing that made it so special was that my son was the only 5 year old in the group of 6 year old classmates.
My son is pretty brilliant (definitely gets that from my side of the family. lol) so we started his schooling a year early and got him accepted into the kidergarten at 4 instead of waiting another year for him to turn five. Although he was the youngest kid in the class, he excelled beyond most of the older kids and has been reading at a first grade level all year.
Surely tooting my son's horn is not going to motivate you this Monday but perhaps this lesson will. What if my wife and I would have accepted the school system's limitations and low expectations put on 4 year old that says they are not ready for kindergarten and aren't smart enough to count to 100? If we accepted that, then my son would have never been given the chance to excel the way he has and would actually be losing ground instead of gaining it.
What limitations have you accepted in your life simply because someone told you that you weren't ready? Is it really necessary to have 5-7 years experience to be effective in your dream job or did you just acept that as truth?
What if Bill Gates accepted the thought that he had to have a college degree to be successful?
What if Oprah Winfrey accepted the thought that no one would want to watch, let alone listen to, a fat ugly black woman on TV?
What if Barack Obama accepted the thought that America is not ready for a black president?
Everything we need to be successful is already in us. Sometimes, just like my son, we just need to be pushed and believe that we are good enough and smart enough to compete with everyone else. As a child, we are only born with two fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. So where did all the rest of this junk we're afraid of come from? Probably from other people.
Well I want to challenge you this Monday to take that fear and "Return to Sender." Push yourself to achieve more than you're "supposed" to and get the success that belongs to you.
Be Blessed,
Ryan
www.ryancgreene.com
Monday, June 9, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Monday Motivational Minute: It Only Takes A Minute
It's that time again... The Monday Motivational Minute!
I know, I know, I missed the last couple of weeks but thanks to my big sis Leann (still on her job after 14 years!) I am back.
"It Only Takes A Minute"
Remember when life was simple? Remember when we could count on our parents to fix all the hardships and headaces in our lives? Remember when the Registrar said your student loan hadn't been applied to your account and you couldn't register and somehow mom and dad fixed it? Do you remember the day you woke up and realized that YOU were the parent now and you had to fix your own problems?
If your life is anything like mine then I'm sure you have been thrown a curveball a time or two. Something that comes out of nowhere and totally knocks you off your rocker. Something so big that makes you ball up into your own cocoon and say "the heck with everyone else i got my own problems to deal with."
Martin Luther King said, you find out the true character of a man not when times are good but during times of adversity. It is when your back is against the wall that you really find out what you are made of. Will you run and hide or will you stand and fight?
It only takes a minute to make a difference in a life
It only takes a minute to sow a positive seed into someone else's life
It only takes a minute to forget about your own problems and help someone else with theirs.
It only takes a minute to remember that someone else is always counting on you to keep pushing so that they may be inspired to keep pushing themselves whether you know it or not.
The next time you want to quit or have a pity party for yourself, take a minute to think about all those who look to you for their own inspiration. Focus on pouring into the lives of others and your life will get much better much faster. It only takes a minute.
"When cares are pressing you down a bit, rest if you must but don't you dare quit"
Ryan
www.ryancgreene.com
I know, I know, I missed the last couple of weeks but thanks to my big sis Leann (still on her job after 14 years!) I am back.
"It Only Takes A Minute"
Remember when life was simple? Remember when we could count on our parents to fix all the hardships and headaces in our lives? Remember when the Registrar said your student loan hadn't been applied to your account and you couldn't register and somehow mom and dad fixed it? Do you remember the day you woke up and realized that YOU were the parent now and you had to fix your own problems?
If your life is anything like mine then I'm sure you have been thrown a curveball a time or two. Something that comes out of nowhere and totally knocks you off your rocker. Something so big that makes you ball up into your own cocoon and say "the heck with everyone else i got my own problems to deal with."
Martin Luther King said, you find out the true character of a man not when times are good but during times of adversity. It is when your back is against the wall that you really find out what you are made of. Will you run and hide or will you stand and fight?
It only takes a minute to make a difference in a life
It only takes a minute to sow a positive seed into someone else's life
It only takes a minute to forget about your own problems and help someone else with theirs.
It only takes a minute to remember that someone else is always counting on you to keep pushing so that they may be inspired to keep pushing themselves whether you know it or not.
The next time you want to quit or have a pity party for yourself, take a minute to think about all those who look to you for their own inspiration. Focus on pouring into the lives of others and your life will get much better much faster. It only takes a minute.
"When cares are pressing you down a bit, rest if you must but don't you dare quit"
Ryan
www.ryancgreene.com
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