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The Curious Tale of Surfing Sam and Drowning James!
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It is the tale of two students who both have the same amount of time on their hands. However, James is so unorganized it is as if he is being pulled underwater - drowning under a sea of chores and clutter. He ends up squandering a whole year of time at college. The other character is organized, conscious of time passing and so is in full control of his life! He seems to be surfing along to his destination, fulfilling his dreams hence his name - 'Surfing Sam'.
How did Sam do it? Well he was inspired by a
single sentence: Think about that for a moment. Your ultimate success is the total of thousands of small daily strivings. Take care of today, and tomorrow will take care of itself! You have to Manage your Time Today in order to attain your Goals Tomorrow. Sam realized that what ever he was going to accomplish at the end of his college years, had to be done on a daily basis, and he had to start now.
It was Sir Winston Churchill who said - ‘It is a
mistake to try to look too far ahead – the chain of destiny can only be
grasped one link at a time’. ‘Todays preparation determines tomorrows achievement. The future belongs to those who prepare for it!’ Most of us only realize this when it is too late. We look back at our lives and realize we should have done more when we were young. You hear it all the time: 'I wish I had stuck with the piano lessons – I could have been on stage instead of watching a concert of someone who did!' DISCLAIMER!!!Before you read the whole story, I would like to make this disclaimer that I am showing you something that I wrote in my first year of college (1985 - a long time ago!)It is in its original format as I can't be bothered correcting it because I would end up re-writing the whole thing and its more interesting to read what I was thinking when I was in high school! It shows me how I was planning to get this dream job way before I even got into Accountancy!
©1988 JB |
“Time
is the same for everyone. Both James and Sam have 24 hours pulling them
through the day, but James is Drowning while Sam is Surfing!
Oh
sure, when he began these life goals were huge, they seemed as impossible
as leaping the Grand Canyon in a single bound! But, as you will read, Sam
crossed the chasm by getting his feet wet - he went down and crossed it
one step at a time, using Stepping Stones to cross the river. He split his
large dreams into manageable tasks and was then able to concentrate on one
single daunting task, crossing a huge chasm just one step at a time.
the concept of using Stepping Stones to cross a river.