Tuesday, February 14, 2006

There is Always Hope

I've learned that one certain path to draining enthusiasm and interest from people is for them to believe there is no road ahead. When people don't see that there is a path to travel and the likelihood of reaching an interesting destination, there is very little motivation to keep on moving.

There is a need to provide an adequate challenge to people such that they have to stretch. Naturally there should never be the expectation that the laws of physics will be changed, and there will be short term limits to what can be accomplished. But, there should always be the stretch goal. There should always be the added challenge. Simply doing what you've always done leads to a decay in learning. Lack of learning -- lack of growth. Lack of growth -- dead end street.

There is always somewhere to go and a way to get there. It may not be on the road you're currently traveling. There are many, many roads. There is always hope.

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