Q: Do you have scholarships for left handed people. I have heard about that. Is it true?
A:Unfortunately, there is only one scholarship right now for left-handed people (used to be more). It's called the Frederick and Mary F. Beckley Scholarship. It is for up to $1000. Warning: you have to attend Juniata College to get this scholarship. If you are interested you can find info about it here (it's the first one listed under Physical Characteristics): http://www.finaid.org/scholarships/unusual.phtml
It's Thanksgiving and I'm running around asking people if they remember the "Five Fat Turkeys" song. Nobody remembers. They're just looking at me like I'm crazy. Lol.
Do you remember the song?
Five fat turkeys are we. We spent all night in a tree. When the butcher came 'round, We couldn't be found
And that's why we're here, you see!
Here’s the Duncan Nugget®:
In the face of great adversity, when life is trying to butcher you, if you can hold out and be as resourceful as five turkeys climbing a tree then you will definitely be alright. You'll be singing, "That's why I'm here you see!”
People spend way too much time putting out fires in their lives. I'm talking about preventable, avoidable problems that end up becoming a raging inferno of destruction in your life.
It makes no sense.
If you want to spend less time putting out fires then get rid of the fire hazards and flammable material in your life.
If all of your friends are idiots...duh! That's a serious fire hazard.
Spending money you don't have, procrastination, and other bad habits like those are flammable materials. They can cause your dreams and opportunities to go up in smoke.
If you spend a little more time getting rid of the fire hazards in your life and keeping flammable material away from your goals and aspirations, you'll spend less time putting out fires.
Million-Dollar Question:
How soon are you going to remove the
fire hazards and flammable materials in your life?
In case you didn't know...I am BIG on entrepreneurship for young people. The skills they develop are invaluable and the impact on their communities is immeasurable. Here are some pretty cool events (listed on one of my favorite blogs by young people) for young entrepreneurs. Top 50 Events for Young Entrepreneurs | Under30CEO:
It takes a lot of energy to get started. The Space Shuttle uses the most fuel during take off. Your car uses the most battery power when it's starting up. Think about that. It recharges when it’s running.
Getting started in school or starting a new job, exercise program or business, is challenging because you're creating momentum and fighting inertia: the natural tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.
Be careful. It's the start-up phase that breaks a lot people. But not you, right?
You want to take at least one action step, daily, that will help you build and protect your momentum because one thing that's harder than starting is starting over.
"Here's a question for you... What did you do when you hit that point where you knew you were doing things to make a difference but, it just didn't seem like it was enough? What kept you motivated and focused so that you weren't thinning yourself out trying to be apart of to many causes?"
Two things:
1. Great leaders are seldom, if ever, satisfied. They are always tweaking things to become more efficient, effective, and productive. They are always striving to do better. They always feel as if there is more to be done. More progress to be made. So, if you feel like that...congratulations.
2.
Duncan Nugget #245:
Focus is difficult to achieve because it requires sacrifice.
It requires you to give something up in
order to accomplish more.
One day it finally dawned on me that most successful people and great leaders have a single point of focus—one main thing that they are obsessed with getting done. They may be busy doing other things and have other interests, but they are still honed in on that single point of focus. Ultimately, they refuse to allow anything to get in the way.
