Pretty good stuff. Definitely something to pass onto the kids.
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My school district gave all of its employees the book 212 degrees at the beginning of this school year. It does have some really profound stuff in it that even applies to baseball.
The following passage reflects what the baseball player may be going through who wants to be recruited.
" Unfortunately, action on the part of the student (player) in so many cases is the missing ingredient. And for those individuals who do take action, there are even a smaller number who make the extra effort necessary to reach the desired results that were originally set to be acheived. ..Programs are attended, and clubs (select teams) are joined with wonderful intentions of putting forth the effort to achieve - only to end in another block of time invested half-heartedly with appropriately corresponding results."
The key thing about the book is to "take action with commitment."
A couple of quotes from the book also seem very relevant to the baseball recruiting process:
Thomas Edison - Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Anonymous - To get what we've never had, we must do what we've never done.
From book - The only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life is the will to try it and the faith to believe it possible.
The following passage reflects what the baseball player may be going through who wants to be recruited.
" Unfortunately, action on the part of the student (player) in so many cases is the missing ingredient. And for those individuals who do take action, there are even a smaller number who make the extra effort necessary to reach the desired results that were originally set to be acheived. ..Programs are attended, and clubs (select teams) are joined with wonderful intentions of putting forth the effort to achieve - only to end in another block of time invested half-heartedly with appropriately corresponding results."
The key thing about the book is to "take action with commitment."
A couple of quotes from the book also seem very relevant to the baseball recruiting process:
Thomas Edison - Many of life's failures are men who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
Anonymous - To get what we've never had, we must do what we've never done.
From book - The only thing that stands between a person and what they want in life is the will to try it and the faith to believe it possible.