Avoiding The Next Big Mistake – Ep.7

by scottad on 02/15/2012

 

 

I was a little close to the mic on this one, but I am still learning.  In this episode: the pile of work and lessons to learn keeps getting bigger each day.  I reflect on my ability to learn from past mistakes to avoid making them again later on.  Also, I remember how good I was at basketball as a kid.

 

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    OH NO!

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    The story actually gets worse, but I didn’t want it to become a sad-story.  The rest of the story would include the time, later on in the season, when I actually made a basket during a game that counted… and our team (aside from me) was so good, we went to the State Playoffs and won.  Our next step was to go play the national playoffs for our age group, but my coach cut me from the team because “We just couldn’t afford tickets to Orlando for everyone.”  I found out later that my spot was filled by another kid and I gave up on sports almost entirely.  My parents worked so much that they payed little attention to this.

    It was a horrible feeling- rejection from your peers and your mentors.  But I wound up being a very good swimmer and later… I discovered that when the guys were off playing games… there were girls.