Steve Aaron's Blog

What are your goals?

"I've made nothing but C's in high school, so now I can't get into a decent college and my life is gonna suck, right?"WRONG! The fact of the matter is that it's usually not too late to make things happen at any age!I have found over the years that most unsuccessful people either don't have goals or don't think about them very much. Without goals most of us are just coasting. Very often I'll have students who are suddenly seniors and are shocked that high school is just about over. They had me

SUFFER!

Poor me! There's no wifi and I'm out of data! Poor me! My dog woke me up twice last night and I feel terrible! Poor me! My mom took my iPhone away until I'm passing all my classes.....  When students complain, I usually reply, GOOD! SUFFER! Am I saying that nobody has valid problems and nobody has real reasons to be upset? NO! Of course not! But most of us are far too impressed with our own drama! Me included!  And what if you really are in a tough situation that you don't know how to handle? Of