A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJH3GyTjC1g “Winners do what others WON’T so they can someday do what others DON’T!” was my reply to a whining teen today in school who was giving me all sorts of excuses. “What?” was her response. This time, I stared at her powerfully and purposefully, then repeated, …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zY8J_sa2zU Nike says, “Just do it!” And I must admit there has been many times that I have followed that advice and have “just done it.” Now I’m going to honest with you here. I didn’t always know what I was doing! As a matter of fact, …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZVmjNg-its Problems! Problems! Problems! YEAH!!! “What? What are you crazy!” is what you must be thinking right about now. Whoa… Hold on a second there buddy…. Give me a chance to explain. Have you ever known anyone that didn’t have problems? No. I didn’t think so. That …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiTYSZyYfTQ My Granddaddy once told me that when everyday is as good as a Friday, then you’ll be finally living! Once again, I think my Granddaddy was on to something here. How many of us dread Monday mornings? How many of us are looking for the weekend …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3qVnyVTTKU Steve Jobs once said to stay hungry and stay foolish. I think he was really on to something here! You see, teenagers have this natural gift being naive. The world is still fresh and anything can still be accomplished in their eyes. Teens are hungry to …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBviRK92PvQ A reporter once asked the great hockey player Wayne Getzky what his secret was to being better than all of those other professional hockey players out there. His reply: “I just skate to where the puck is going!” It sounds like such a simple piece of …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNuKI_N7l9s The other day I was driving home when some guy in a hurry cut me off and nearly caused me to crash my car! My heart pounded from the near-crash, and I thanked my lucky stars that I was able to pull out of it and …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwbRe5SFX9k Have you ever paused to watch the flight of a bird? Have you ever caught a snowflake on your tongue? How about jumping off a dock into a lake during a warm sunny day? You see none of these things costs any money, and none are …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTCFY6t7LiE My Granddaddy once said that the park is a great place to learn! At that time, I was just a kid and didn’t quite know what he meant by that, but now that I’m older, I think I have an idea of what he meant… I …
A Teen Leadership and Mentoring Blog WATCH DAN’S VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h7ZLRHEgqY My family and I have just been through a very trying time. We moved! Anybody that has ever moved a family of 7 and a family dog, you know what I’m talking about! Well, it seemed like everything went wrong right from the beginning. The movers …
