“Good, better, best . . .
Never ever rest
Until your good gets better
And your better gets best.”
Did you listen to the Success Hotline College Success Seminar last Sunday? It featured Melissa Sapio. In case you missed it, Melissa graduated from
“Oh, no. Graduation was way too far away to think about that. I took it semester-by-semester and actually test-by-test. I would take each course week-by-week and do whatever I could to try to surpass the professor’s expectations for each assignment, quiz or test.”
I hope one word jumped out at you right away. This key word can instantly change your whole academic career. The word??? SURPASS. “Surpass” is giving people more than they expect. It’s a fun game to play . . . but too few people are playing it! As the old Nike ad says, “There’s no traffic jam on the extra mile.”
“Winners are simply willing to do what losers won’t.”
Sign in the gym in the movie Million Dollar Baby
In college, everyone’s playing the “meet-the-expectations” game. Oh sure, if you meet your professors’ expectations, you’ll graduate. But if you surpass their expectations -- you’ll do something extraordinary! You’ll receive honors, awards, fellowships, admission to medical school, law school, graduate schools, great job offers, etc. . . . Who knows, maybe you’ll even win a Rhodes Scholarship!
In business, if you meet your customers’ expectations, you’ll make money. But if you surpass their expectations -- you’ll make millions. That’s exactly what Walt Disney and Cirque du Soleil do. They give people more than they expect!
In sports, if you meet your coaches’ expectations, you’ll make the team. But if you surpass their expectations — you’ll make the Hall of Fame. Tiger Woods practices more than anyone else on the P.G.A. tour. Jerry Rice worked out harder than any other pro football player. When Alexander Karelin, one of the greatest Greco-Roman wrestlers of all time, was asked the secret of his success, he said, “I train harder every day than my opponents will train any day.”
So you have a life-changing choice to make: M.T.E. or M.T.E.?
Are you going to:
Meet The Expectations
or are you going to do
More Than Expected?
Shoot for the moon — even if you miss, you’ll be among the stars!
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WEDNESDAY (OCTOBER 17)
PHONE SEMINAR
TOPIC: “HOW TO MOTIVATE YOURSELF & OTHERS”
COACH ED AGRESTA & DR. ROB GILBERT
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