Below is a guest post from the author of Community College Success, Isa Adney. You can connect with her on Twitter @IsaAdney or Facebook.com/CCSuccess
I developed a quick 1-question quiz to predict whether or not you will be successful at whatever it is you are doing right now.
Are you ready?
Okay, let's go.
Agree or Disagree: "How good you are in the beginning is not indicator of how good you can become." -Astronaut Mark Kelly
Got your answer?
Answer key:
If you said Agree: You are going to be successful!! Woo hoo. Do a little dance.
If you said Disagree:...well...uh...gosh...this is awkward...;)
I have to give all the credit to Mark Kelly who I heard say this yesterday at the American Association of Community College's annual conference.
When he shared this statement I immediately thought of students. I thought of the students who struggled in high school; I thought of the students in remedial math and reading; I thought of those who e-mail me feeling defeated after failing a test; I thought of those who get a bad SAT score or a bad grade and think they just aren't smart, that they should give up now to protect their ego.
But the truth is, most great people were not naturally amazing at what they are doing now. They worked hard and strategically at it. And most importantly - they overcame obstacles because they believed they could get better.
Astronaut Mark Kelly said this when talking about landing his first airplane on a boat; he didn't do a great job and afterwards the commander said to him, "are you sure this is the right career for you?" Mark didn't let that deter him, and he became one of the few who fly into space.
Do you really believe you have the power and potential to get really good at what you are doing right now? Do you believe you can do this, get better, and reach greatness?
I'm not into cheesy pop psychology stuff; this stuff is for real. I was just reading a great book from Harvard Educational Press called
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