A WILL TO SUCCEED

Have you ever wondered why some people are successful and others are not? Further, how is it possible that the least favored make great strides while the popular and most favored seem not to.....

Is it safe to say that success is dependent on WILL?

We are all wired differently and motivated by different things. Do we really expect everyone to strive for the same things simultaneously? Is it erroneous to think like this? Or are we led to believe that this is the norm...

I believe and I may be wrong that what we do or become in life is defined by our meaning of the word "success". Moreover, the attainment of this success is dependent on what we are willing to do to achieve this state. Will we strive to attain this in an ethical manner or will it become "by any means possible"? Does it even matter?

What are you willingly to sacrifice in order to succeed? How will you know when you have succeeded? More importantly, how do we know when others have succeeded? Are they being measured by our standards?

How does this impact what we do as educators? Can we foster "a will to succeed" in our students? As we prepare for the coming week, I encourage us to think about Helen Keller and her teacher, Anne Sullivan. What are some of the lessons to be learnt here?

Have a Fabulous Week!

Petreno