Replay: Your Destiny is Not Shaped in High School
I’ve attended several high school reunion-type gatherings over the past couple of years. Some have been formal and some informal. And one thing has become abundantly clear.
Host: Tom Hering
“The only person you’re destined to become is the person you decide to be.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who people were in high school is not necessarily who they are now.
Mr. Popular is not so popular 40-plus years later. The great high school football player has a lousy win-loss record in the marriage department. The brainiac kid has not been so intelligent in his career.
So if you bought into the thinking that if you’ve been successful in school you’re successful in life, you’re not thinking very clearly.
On the other hand, you can find lots of men who have done great things in their 50s, 60s and beyond who were pretty average in their high school days. From starting companies to becoming fathers to running marathons to providing exceptional service to their communities, they have excelled.
Remember that the next time you feel someone was born into privilege or with a well developed brain or Don Draper charisma. As the great American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson says above, “you’re only destined to become the person you decide to be.”
Which has nothing to do with being voted “most likely to succeed” or scoring a winning touchdown.
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In my book 51 Life Lessons Every Boomer Male Should Have Learned by Now, I write about key lessons that I believe every evolved boomer male needs to know to make his third act his best. They fall into one of three categories: health, wealth and happiness. Each lesson serves to inspire and motivate you.
