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Rowing to a Better Life
An excerpt from the NY Times -
She Wants to Row to Get From N.Y.C. Into College
That goal, Sebastiana Lopez says, is worth the grind of six days a week leading her crew team. “I know this will help me get there.”
By Juliet Macur
Rainy-day practices are the worst, especially in the cold. As she leads her rowing team, Sebastiana Lopez feels the rain pelting her face, soaking her clothes and working its way into her bones. Her fingers go numb.
Yet Lopez, 17, a high school senior, calls this the best thing she has ever done for herself.
As an eighth grader, she had signed up for this test of toughness at Row New York, a nonprofit that teaches city students how to row and gives them academic support and college counseling. Now, more than four years later, her routine includes pushing through her grueling sport’s trying moments.
“I can handle the hard days,” Lopez said. “I make myself do it because I really want to go to college and I know this will help me get there.”
She tries not to cry, but fails, and says, “I do want a better life for my family.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/sports/she-wants-to-row-to-get-from-nyc-into-college.html
She Wants to Row to Get From N.Y.C. Into College
That goal, Sebastiana Lopez says, is worth the grind of six days a week leading her crew team. “I know this will help me get there.”
By Juliet Macur
Rainy-day practices are the worst, especially in the cold. As she leads her rowing team, Sebastiana Lopez feels the rain pelting her face, soaking her clothes and working its way into her bones. Her fingers go numb.
Yet Lopez, 17, a high school senior, calls this the best thing she has ever done for herself.
As an eighth grader, she had signed up for this test of toughness at Row New York, a nonprofit that teaches city students how to row and gives them academic support and college counseling. Now, more than four years later, her routine includes pushing through her grueling sport’s trying moments.
“I can handle the hard days,” Lopez said. “I make myself do it because I really want to go to college and I know this will help me get there.”
She tries not to cry, but fails, and says, “I do want a better life for my family.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/sports/she-wants-to-row-to-get-from-nyc-into-college.html
Buffet's Advice
An excerpt from Inc. -
Warren Buffett Told a Teenager His Secret to Success 15 Years Ago. It's Still the Best Advice You'll Hear Today
It may be time to find some new friends.
By Marcel Schwantes
Fifteen years ago, while taking questions from shareholders and fans at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, the billionaire Buffett was asked by a teenager what advice he would give a young person in order to become successful.
Buffett's response was a bullseye, whatever your age or stage of life. The Oracle of Omaha replied:
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
The people you choose to be around truly do matter for career progression. When you choose to surround yourself with better and smarter individuals and learn from their success habits, you absorb their knowledge and become better and smarter yourself.
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/warren-buffett-told-a-teenager-his-secret-to-success-15-years-ago-its-still-best-advice-youll-hear-today.html
Warren Buffett Told a Teenager His Secret to Success 15 Years Ago. It's Still the Best Advice You'll Hear Today
It may be time to find some new friends.
By Marcel Schwantes
Fifteen years ago, while taking questions from shareholders and fans at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, the billionaire Buffett was asked by a teenager what advice he would give a young person in order to become successful.
Buffett's response was a bullseye, whatever your age or stage of life. The Oracle of Omaha replied:
It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
The people you choose to be around truly do matter for career progression. When you choose to surround yourself with better and smarter individuals and learn from their success habits, you absorb their knowledge and become better and smarter yourself.
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/warren-buffett-told-a-teenager-his-secret-to-success-15-years-ago-its-still-best-advice-youll-hear-today.html
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