Lesson From The Little League World Series: How to be a free and well developed individual throughout your teen and adult years
Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of the Little League World Series.
It fascinates me by how many people love to watch youth sports.
Considering this, today we’ll talk about:
3 Reasons why I believe so many people love to watch youth sports (and kids in general).
And …
How you can implement these same 3 qualities into your sports, schooling, jobs, and entire life to help you …
Be a free and well developed individual throughout your teen and adult years.
1. Feed Your Ambition
First, kids feed their ambition.
As kids, we’re told we can be anything we want to be:
- We can be a professional baseball player
- We can be an artist
- We can be a musician
And everyone around us seems to support our aspirations.
However, as we age and develop …
We are told we need to fit into pre-defined roles.
And as we feel pressured to fit into these pre-defined roles,
We lose our ability to feed our ambition.
2. Be Willing To Make Mistakes
Kids are willing to make mistakes:
- It’s OK if they drop a fly ball
- It’s OK if they fall down
- It’s OK if they get dirty
That is how they learn!!!
However, as we age and develop …
We begin to worry how others perceive and judge us based on our mistakes.
In the process, we stop taking risks …
And we dilute our potential.
3. Find Your Craft
Kids find their Craft.
They discover what they absolutely love to do and they go all in on it …
Without worrying about any external rewards other than the sheer enjoyment of the activity itself.
However, as we age and develop …
We are told we have to do certain things:
- We have to go to school
- We have to go to college
- We have to get a job
- We have to do the same thing day after day
In this process, we do things out of necessity, rather than for the pure love and enjoyment of the activity itself …
And we lose sight of what our Craft is.
However …
You can use these same 3 qualities to be a free and well developed individual throughout your teen and adult years.
1. FEED YOUR AMBITION
What is calling you???
Pursue it with reckless abandon.
2. BE WILLING TO MAKE MISTAKES
It’s OK if you fall down and get dirty … that is how you learn!
Take risks and allow your full potential to rise to the surface and express itself.
3. FIND YOUR CRAFT
What do you absolutely love to do???
What is that thing that you cannot not do???
Identify it, develop the skills for it, and pour into it everyday.
As you implement these 3 qualities into your sports, schooling, jobs, and entire life …
Everything you do becomes more fulfilling …
And you will be a free and well developed individual throughout your teen and adult years.
I wish you well on your journey of feeding your ambition, being willing to make mistakes, and finding your Craft, and I look forward to seeing you next week.
Inspiring YOU every step of your way,
Kyle
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