Goal Setting: Pops Proves It’s Never Too Late
by: Vic Johnson
Pops
first set the goal in high school, but when he graduated he thought he wasn’t
mature enough to pursue it so he enlisted in the U.S. Army.
He
dreamed about it as a member of the 82nd Airborne as he became an Army Ranger.
Later, in the first Gulf War, he thought about his goal again, as he also did
during his service in the Kosovo conflict. For 20 years, through his Army
career, a war, marriage and six children, Pops kept the dream and the goal
alive.
Never
mind that he was considered far too old to pursue his dream, Pops just couldn’t
let go.
When he
retired from the Army at 39, he decided it was finally time to do something
about the goal he’d set so many years before. He moved his family to
No, he
wasn’t considered too old for that. Many others, much older, have pursued
college degrees for the first time. What Tim “Pops” Frisby
did was even more special. At an age when even most professional players have
hung up there helmets, he began working out with the South Carolina Gamecocks
football team during the winter. Working out with players half his age, all of
whom were young enough to be his son, he competed for a position on a Division
One major College Football Team.
It was
a goal that Pops had lived with for a long time and he began to realize it when
coaches invited him back for fall drills. When
Frisby, who turns 40 in February, has been featured on ESPN’s “College GameDay.” ABC’s “Good Morning America,” CNN, the New York
Times and the Los Angeles Times are all planning stories.
Incidentally,
the father of six between the ages of six months and 16, also maintains a 3.88
(out of a possible 4.0) grade point average.
Still
think it’s too late for your dream? Goal setting and goal starting is a process
that can start at any age and at any time. There’s no need to wait until
January 1st to set or start a goal. Goal setting and goal starting doesn’t have
to take place at the first of the month, or even the first of the week. I once
started on a big goal at
Tim Frisby accomplished his goal and realized his dream for two
simple reasons: he never let time take his dream away, and when the time
finally came, he took action. It worked for Pops -- and it’ll work for you too!
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About
The Author ©
2004 Vic Johnson Vic
Johnson is a popular motivational speaker, author and Internet Infopreneur who has created some of the most visited
personal development sites on the Web. His flagship site http://www.AsAManThinketh.net has given away over 200,000 eBook copies of James Allen's classic. He is co-author of
"Goals 2004," which is found at http://www.Goals2005.com
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