If we all had the ambition that children have,
we would be very successful. Children set their sights on the highest of goals
which they believe is achieveable. One such a child is my 7 year old cousin,
Terry.
Terry just got his report form and is back for
holidays. When I asked to see how he performed in school, he reluctantly handed
over his results to me. With such a disappointed look, he said to me, “I should
have done better than that”. “I’m capable of so much more and I’m not happy
with those marks”, he continued. Just to let you know, out of 14 sets of
activities and subjects Terry has to do, he scored nine A’s, four B’s, and one
C. His annual average was 87.86% which I thought was really good. To Terry,
this was not good enough. His goal is to score straight A’s all through with an
average mark of 100%. He is aiming for the highest and has refused to settle
for less. His promise to me was to get back to school next term and give it his
absolute best. He does not want to be the best in his class. He just wants to
score straight A’s regardless of what other people have scored (Talk about
being your own competition). He wants to prove to himself that he is better
than his previous marks. I see a very successful man in this little boy.
You should have seen the embarrassment I felt. This
little boy was teaching me what I thought I should have been teaching him. He
got me thinking and made me critically look into myself. I realized how low some
of my goals have been. How many times have we settled for less than what we
really deserve? How many times have we settled for just average? Terry is
essentially challenging us to know our worth and set Big Hairy Audacious Goals.
All he is saying is, “Only the best is good enough”.
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