A Teen Leadership Blog! Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYrI7132YQo It may be considered a little weird or at least a little different to be told that we are a little bit luckier now that we’ve had a big storm pass through our lives. One of the reasons that we are luckier is that we didn’t just have …
A Teen Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFlE0KVJci0 Life is a journey! I’m sure we’ve all heard that one before, right? Sadly, though, sometimes this journey has some disappointments and sometimes doors slam in our face. I’m sure we’ve all experienced disappointments in our lives from time to time, right? But don’t sweat it because just …
A Teen Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ttQ46EIAdg Motion creates emotion. And emotion is the source of energy in taking on new challenges and thus succeeding in life. Have you ever played sports or even just gone for a run? How many of you have done this and have eventually found yourself getting your second …
A Teen Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MteoQh3bRWU Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen. Nobody knows my sorrow… Sorry, folks, but trouble is just part of life. Sometimes, we all feel like singing the blues with Louis Armstrong. Life doesn’t always go the way we want. Life rarely goes the way we want. So when …
A Teen Leadership Blog What Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctg15NlxWN0 Imagine how sad it would be to own the world’s most advanced super-computer and to never truly use its unmatched super powers. Well, guess what? Many of us are doing that exact thing right now! We all own the world’s most capable super-computer that ever existed, and …
A Teen Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9zGj_Z02kU I should do my homework now instead of later. I should go to the gym now instead of later. I should get started on that long-term project now instead of later. I should… I should… I should… Guess what? When we do all this shoulding, all we’re really …
A Teen Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2KSEW3QV5Q Mistakes simply show us something that we didn’t already know. Hmm… It sounds like those dreaded mistakes that we’re so afraid of… and those dreaded mistakes that we try so hard to avoid… don’t really have to be looked at as dreaded mistakes and painful experiences after all. …
A Teem Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWL4zx2Tfw Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, they truly are the way that we learn. If we never make any mistakes than we’re obviously not trying BIG enough things! If we’re not making any mistakes then we’re not stretching enough and giving ourselves a chance to expand to our …
A Teen Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZpXhZZSpss Franklin Delano Roosevelt was trapped in a wheelchair and couldn’t stand on his own without assistance. However, FDR managed to get elected President of the United States four times! How? Well, for one thing, he didn’t let polio keep him flat on his back doing “nothing;” instead, …
A Teen Leadership Blog Watch Dan’s Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Goee4_EoU_g Thousands of years ago the Ancient Greeks understood the benefits of exercising both their minds and bodies! Unfortunately, today some people are picking one over the over. Some schools have cut back on gym classes and/or recess time in order to gain more academic seat time. And some …
