Goal Setting: Pops Proves Its Never Too LateWritten by Vic Johnson
Pops first set goal in high school, but when he graduated he thought he wasn’t mature enough to pursue it so he enlisted in U.S. Army. He dreamed about it as a member of 82nd Airborne as he became an Army Ranger. Later, in first Gulf War, he thought about his goal again, as he also did during his service in Kosovo conflict. For 20 years, through his Army career, a war, marriage and six children, Pops kept dream and 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 Army at 39, he decided it was finally time to do something about goal he’d set so many years before. He moved his family to Columbia, South Carolina and enrolled as a freshman at University of South Carolina. No, he wasn’t considered too old for that. Many others, much older, have pursued college degrees for 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 South Carolina Gamecocks football team during 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 South Carolina kicked off their season against University of Georgia, Tim Frisby was on sidelines wearing Gamecock jersey number 89. On September 25th, against Troy, legendary Lou Holtz, head coach at South Carolina, sent Pops into game for its final four plays. “I have a lot of respect for guy,” Holtz said. “A Ranger, 20 years in Army, six kids. He loves this team. I thought it would be good to get him in. I’m sorry we could not throw it to him.” But knowing way that Pops Frisby makes his dreams come true, that’s just a matter of time.
| | Life Lessons, A Three Step ProcessWritten by Sue and Chuck DeFiore
I have come to conclusion that no matter what you want out of life there is a three step process. The first step is to make a decision. You need to decide if you want to lose weight, stop smoking, save money, find a compatible mate, spend more time with your children, start a business, volunteer… you get idea. Whatever it is you want to do, first step is to decide and I mean really decide that you want to do it. Just talking it to death is not making a decision, making effort and moving forward after making decision is. So first, write down decision you have made. The next step is big one, big “C” and that is to make a commitment to your decision. The commitment is stumbling point for so many. They talk and talk about decisions, I’m going to lose weight, I am going to start my own business, I am going to stop smoking, etc. A commitment means taking steps to fulfill decision you made. Making a plan to move forward. If your decision is to spend more time with your children, decide what days and time you will spend with them and make up a list of things you could do with them. Or if you decide to volunteer, make a list of your interests, and then match that to a organization that needs volunteers.
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