Show ol Notes By y Dr Ur Wayne Reid Held Superintendent Success philosophy needed by youth On many fronts our youth have been crying out that they have been discriminated against by older folks They cry for Cor opportunities At some points they have even raised their clenched fists against the establishment Perhaps the young folks today are talking too much and working too little Just a glance at history books reveals that Inthe in inthe inthe the old days it was youngsters who achieved as well as their elders Sir Walter Scott the famed poet published his first poem at atthe atthe atthe the age of oC 12 Johannes Brahms one of oC the great composers played the piano in a sailor bar barIn barin barin in Hamburg Germany at age 13 Buffalo BuCCalo Bill Cody was carrying the mail mall across the western plains at age 14 Jesse James was a well-known well figure by the age of 17 Irvin Cobb the famed American humorist was of a daily dally newspaper at age 19 Johann Adelung became principal of a high school in Erfurt Germany at age 16 Christian became a regimental surgeon in the Danish Army at age 16 MARCO JARCO POLO left his hometown of Venice to explore the Orient at age 17 Edgar Allen Poe wrote some of his most beautiful and haunting poetry at age 18 Felix Mendelssohn Mendelssohn Mendelssohn Men Men- composed much of Midsummer Nights Night's Dream when he was 18 16 Sacajawea the Indian maiden guided the Lewis Clark Expedition when she was 18 16 Mel Ott Olt hit as an outfielder in the American League with the New York Yankees at age 17 Bobby Feller at 18 was the top winning pitcher pitcher pitcher pit pit- cher with the Cleveland In In- Mozart published his first violin sonata at age 4 Bobby Fischer won the US U.S. Chess Championship at age 18 John Keats wrote some of his greatest poetry at the age of 18 John Paul Jones was captain of his own ship at 14 It is interesting to remember that these young kids did their thing when kids couldn't vote Many of them didn't even have tW Van 4 f RANDY BOOHER with trophy he and Carl Fessenden won at 01 Cougar Classic forensic meet an opportunity to go to school And these young accomplishments accomplishments accomplishments ac ac- ac- ac all took place back in the years before the youth boom The fact of the matter is that the world changes little over the centuries Always there will be people of talent and drive some will be old some will be young All will be dedicated Success genius and accomplishment accomplishment ac ac- ac- ac is not a matter of years Its It's a matter of talent and drive and discipline A SPECIAL class at the high school and perhaps junior high level Is presently being designed as part of the career education concept in our district Here is a preview of several steps a person may take if striving to become a success These are 1 Develop the technical skills of whatever field you get into better than average You dont don't have to be an expert just better than the average person 2 Learn how to sell Everything you hope to achieve and accomplish in your life depends on your ability to sell yourself or someone else on doing something 3 Set big goals Look far beyond today tomorrow or next year No one ever hit a home run by accident and no one achieves great successes by accident Motivation is a form of selling s lIing but bu t this thus I must m us t be learned as a separate skill Time organization is a critical skill as are concentration and decisiveness veness 4 Every word counts High achievers ev rf speak p with powerful rt dac r A- A ad 5 uCa s dynamic wor words I bypassing incidental incidental incidental in in- details to focus on main issues and priorities I believe that most people vastly underestimate underestimate underestimate un un- un- un their capacities and potential but those who do donot donot donot not underestimate them always become super achievers 5 Finally you need blueprints You cant can't build a home without blueprints Also you wouldn't try to draw the blueprints in one weekend |