Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog We learn by doing! Oh, that is so true! I can’t even think of how many times I have been overwhelmed and confused by someone trying to explain to me. Many times in life I have thought that the task-at-hand was just too tough, too complicated, and too much for …
Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=winvwJlCo30 Most people will think you’re successful just because you got lucky. Don’t let that stop you! Success makes you happy! Don’t worry about other people’s jealousy or what they might say about you. In the end, none of their chatter matters anyway. I can remember my Granddaddy …
Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi3LW5riHfc Now I’m sure that you’ve either skipped flat small rocks in a pond or have at least seen someone skip rocks in a large body of water like a pond or an ocean. But, have you ever personally thrown a little pebble into a large pond? If …
Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaWgRJwMq4Y Rush! Rush! Rush! We’re always in a rush to get more! But why do we always seem to want more? We want more so we’ll feel more security and love. But ultimately, we want more because we think it will make us happier. Here is a great …
Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYcb19aBSg4 Some of us may have heard this famous Norwegian expression before and some of us may not have. What does The North Wind Made the Vikings really mean? Well, after hopefully reading a bunch of my blogs you probably have my style figured out by now. And …
Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWZ6b_I-Djg My Granddaddy was a simple man. He didn’t live in a BIG house, or drive a BIG car, nor did he spend an abundance of money on fancy clothes. It seems the only thing in abundance that he ever acquired was his over-flowing warmth, wisdom, and generosity. …
Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSJTbmFgPV8 Don’t try to saw, sawdust! What exactly does that mean? Well, it means don’t worry about the past. What is done, is done. Don’t worry about it. I’m sure you’ve all heard the saying not to cry over spilled milk. Well, don’t try to saw sawdust is …
Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16EQrbNcdF8 Most of you have heard of Babe Ruth, haven’t you? Babe Ruth was the “Home run King” of baseball during the “Roaring Twenties!” He looked like he was having a lot of fun hitting home runs on those old black and white film clips? However, what many …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRy6ZdOOws4 Life is in the living! But for some reason we’re all usually too busy looking for the rainbow over the horizon instead of the roses right outside our windows. I’ve been proud to say that for a lot of years I have been carrying around a …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuPYIfcSz_Y What exactly does shoot for the stars and miss with the moon mean? It means to dream really BIG! Why? Because the rewards of learning how to shoot for the stars and miss with the moon will be out of this world! Eleanor Roosevelt once said, …
