Last week I spent 4 days with some incredible people in Orangeburg, SC including Andrea Yelton, Noreen Wingate, Dale Carlson-Bebout, Tracy Brower, Blair Haley, Charlita Earle, LaShaun Crosby, Hydi Kalmin, Cornell Wesley, Marvin Boomer and Sharon Williams. Each one is committed to making a difference in the lives of others. Together we helped students create personal statements for their college applications. There were moments I felt like I wanted to pull my hair out. However, we kept pressing on, encouraging the student to write and rewrite and write and rewrite and write and rewrite….
One of my mentors, Kevin Bracy shared the following thought with me…
They say, the best basketball players in the NBA make only about half of their shots, but they KEEP working on their shot.
