Among my personal goals at the time were financial independence from my parents, making the YVCC baseball team, and transferring to BYU. The decorum of this video harmonized with my personal goals at the time, which I believe controlled the kairos. This set me on a path through both trial and success and eventually lead me here to BYU.
After watching the video, my resolve for financial independence was stronger than ever. I decided that moving out was what I needed to do. I realized that I needed to want to be independent bad enough to make the change. This didn't just mean moving out; it also meant selling enough Cutco to pay my own bills. I quit texting my lazy friends and started calling my potential clients.
Obviously, the visual aspect of the video rang with me, the future collegiate athlete hopeful. Not only is this athlete (@Giavanni_Ruffin) working hard, he is struggling throughout the video. As an RM, I wasn't in gameday shape. Even short workouts were taxing on my body. The speaker appealed to my character: Did I want to quit? Was I thinking about my phone? Was I thinking about that party? He was asking ME: Am I any different than everybody else? I showed him I was when I made the official roster that year.
I realized how much of an impact this video had on me when I quit the baseball team after only one semester. Before studying at YVCC, I had been rejected 3 times by BYU. My high school grades weren't that great and my commitment to getting in had historically never been as strong as it was during this time. The time commitment to baseball was affecting my grades - not too much, but enough to make me ask, "How bad do I want it?"
I made the hard decision to let one dream die, but thanks to dedication to a new dream, I am now at BYU and excelling in my new goals.
I think asking yourself, "How bad do I want it?" can be an excellent way to remind yourself of a commitment to a certain goal. However, I also feel asking that question can persuade us to give things up, or help us judge how much a particular pursuit means to us.
ReplyDeleteI think that as long as we're judging well, it's a great question to ask ourselves. It's often all too easy to waste time on Netflix (see Our Modern Siren: Netflix) and other time-wasters when we really don't want them that bad! What we want are things like the article talked about: financial independence, personal productivity, etc. When we ask ourselves that question, how bad we want it, then we can more effectively prioritize and achieve. I loved the post!
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