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Perseverance
In all my years of being an avid sports fan, I have never felt as connected to any other athlete, than I do to Jeremy Lin today. Yes, he is Asian American. Yes, he is an underdog; but I believe the story goes much more deeper than that. It starts with him not being recruited by any power house D-1 schools after he led his team to a state championship at Palo-Alto High School. After having a stellar 4 year basketball career at Havard, he went undrafted to the NBA. After being picked up by an NBA team, he was then cut twice in one year, while landing in the D-League a couple of times that same year. From there on, Linsanity came about!? Wait, what!? There seems like there is something missing from this story. But when you really look at the picture, there was always something missing in someone else’s eye, not Lin’s.
I believe, Lin story resonates with us all wholeheartedly because he has gone through his failures, but has continued to believe and have an unwavering faith in himself and his abilities when no one else did. I even read that his high school basketball coach is surprised by his recent success on the court. Jeremy could have easily given up, and given in to the pundits who said he wasn’t fast enough, athletic, tall, or strong enough, but he would not let that deter him. He continued to hone his skills, work hard, and wait for his opportunity. This is truly an inspirational story for not only Asians, but for anyone who has gone through self-doubt and failures in their lives. It teaches us all that we can accomplish incredible feats if we believe in ourselves, and put in the necessary work to see our dreams through!
YPJimH, Young Professionals writer
“10 Lessons Jeremy Lin Can Teach Us Before We Go To Work Monday Morning”
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“I feel I know a little bit of everything but I’ve grown unfamiliar with limitations…”
Wale is one of my favorite young hip-hop artists because of his inspirational and motivational messages in his music. This except is from the intro off his latest mixtape “Eleven One Eleven Theory” that he released as a precursor to his 2nd studio album “Ambition” is released November 1, 2011 (Hence “Eleven One Eleven Theory”). Now to the topic at hand: people always tell you that you can do this but you can’t do that. Or you may have someone tell you that you doing too much at times. But many times people attempt to place the limitations of others on you and as with everything limitations aren’t the same for everybody. This excerpt I derived from Wale really registered with me. I am on the brink of taking on quite a few new challenges and becoming “unfamiliar with limitations” is the only way I am going to meet these challenges and accomplish my goals. YP’s identify your limitations and work on reducing/overcoming your limitations then get rid of them all together. See you guys and girls in Successville minus the limitations of course…
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Great video sent to me via twitter by way of my little cousin @AmbitiousDom. Even if you’re not an athlete please listen to the voice in the background and I’m sure you’ll be inspired if you truly want to be successful. The video and speaker speaks for itself…Enjoy…see you ladies and gents in Successville…
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