Perspective Success
how do we define
the world around us how do we define
success
or failure based on our environment
what more can we seek to get out of life
through our interaction
with the world around us see i’d like to
think
that our interactions with the world
define who we are
from our prior experiences what if we
were able to flip this
script what if we’re able to interact
with the world in a way that renders
better success
for the desired result
in my short but certainly packed time on
earth i’ve had the opportunity to have
lots of opportunities experiences
some wonderful people truthfully
i struggled i struggled a lot
my background was adopted the age of two
months
to a very loving family of at that time
one which quickly grew into 13 kids
whom i am now the second oldest several
other
adopted siblings even some of them
intellectual disabilities
throughout my time in high school i
struggled a lot with my identity
trying to figure out who i was or even
where to start
to figure that out i also struggled
academically quite significantly
and if i’m being truthfully honest i
struggle to even read at my grade level
until probably my junior senior year of
high school
through all these experiences or
experience as a whole
i like to think i learned a unique way
of thinking
one i’d like to share with you today
perspective success
this entails processing external and
internal
input in a way you can formulate output
through words thoughts and actions
that align successfully with that
individual’s
idea of success so in this
there’s four crucial components first
being able to take a step back from
first person
to omniscient look at top down
understanding how things work the second
is looking within one own self
understanding how prior experiences
then impact current experiences
the next looking at your environment
understanding how things interact
with independent and dependent variables
lastly add it all together
for example if one was to use
prospective success and adversity that
they have going on in their lives
that individual would take a step back
try to look at it from as many hats as
possible
next look at their own experiences
understand how prior experiences in
their life may
impact this adversity or how it may not
impact this adversity
next the environment what about this
environment
makes this adversity is there another
environment that this adversity might
not be in adversity
and lastly what is going to produce a
positive
conducive and healthy reaction for that
person
and for those around them
a few years ago i was living in an area
i was not very familiar with i was very
far from home
it’s not a whole lot of friends or
family i didn’t really know my way
around at all
i stopped to get gas one evening it was
later starting to get dark out
and i’m pumping my gas and all of a
sudden this truck
comes right in front of me they
instantly roll down these windows
three men start verbally abusing me
racial slurs derogatory terms lots of
hate
this was certainly not the first time
i’d been verbally harassed because of
the color of my skin
so i thought i’m going to keep pumping
my gas mind my business
they seem to instigate them more they
got more and more upset they proceeded
to come out to the car
cornered me against my car one had a
shotgun about this close to my face
another handgun right here
the hate and verbal abuse got more and
more aggressive
it seemed for 15 minutes which i’m sure
now is only
one or two another car came up
the guys instantly hopped in the truck
and sped away
fast forward i started thinking about
how am i going to react
to the situation how am i going to
process it
i think this was the first time i really
thought about prospective success
be able to take a look back pause for a
second
and take in what had happened from my
point of view
from their point of view from the people
in that car
i was able to look at my own life and
understand how my own experiences and my
prior experience in life
might cause me to react in a i was able
to look at the environment that i was in
the environment that they were in and
lastly i was able to make a decision
and determine how i’d like to proceed
forward in a way that was healthy for me
a lot of times in life we hear things
like change the way you think
we’ll look at this differently i believe
this is true
however i think there’s more
i’ll leave with this interact with the
world
in a way you would wish to desire
success
i encourage you to utilize prospective
success
to process information
format
output and thoughts words
and actions thank you
you