Goal Setting: Pops Proves Its Never Too Late

Written by Vic Johnson


Pops first setrepparttar goal in high school, but when he graduated he thought he wasn’t mature enough to pursue it so he enlisted inrepparttar 123013 U.S. Army.

He dreamed about it as a member ofrepparttar 123014 82nd Airborne as he became an Army Ranger. Later, inrepparttar 123015 first Gulf War, he thought about his goal again, as he also did during his service inrepparttar 123016 Kosovo conflict. For 20 years, through his Army career, a war, marriage and six children, Pops keptrepparttar 123017 dream andrepparttar 123018 goal alive.

Never mind that he was considered far too old to pursue his dream, Pops just couldn’t let go.

When he retired fromrepparttar 123019 Army at 39, he decided it was finally time to do something aboutrepparttar 123020 goal he’d set so many years before. He moved his family to Columbia, South Carolina and enrolled as a freshman atrepparttar 123021 University of South Carolina.

No, he wasn’t considered too old for that. Many others, much older, have pursued college degrees forrepparttar 123022 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 withrepparttar 123023 South Carolina Gamecocks football team duringrepparttar 123024 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 againstrepparttar 123025 University of Georgia, Tim Frisby was onrepparttar 123026 sidelines wearing Gamecock jersey number 89. On September 25th, against Troy,repparttar 123027 legendary Lou Holtz, head coach at South Carolina, sent Pops intorepparttar 123028 game for its final four plays. “I have a lot of respect forrepparttar 123029 guy,” Holtz said. “A Ranger, 20 years inrepparttar 123030 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 knowingrepparttar 123031 way that Pops Frisby makes his dreams come true, that’s just a matter of time.

Life Lessons, A Three Step Process

Written by Sue and Chuck DeFiore


I have come torepparttar 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 getrepparttar 123012 idea. Whatever it is you want to do,repparttar 123013 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, makingrepparttar 123014 effort and moving forward after makingrepparttar 123015 decision is. So first, write downrepparttar 123016 decision you have made.

The next step isrepparttar 123017 big one,repparttar 123018 big “C” and that is to make a commitment to your decision. The commitment isrepparttar 123019 stumbling point for so many. They talk and talk aboutrepparttar 123020 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 takingrepparttar 123021 steps to fulfillrepparttar 123022 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 ofrepparttar 123023 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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