Outsiders

It's all so very demeaning. The very bigotry of low expectations conservatives have always accused liberals of. As a teen I attended Brooklyn Technical HS. Tech was, and is to this day, one of the elite schools of the NYC Public School System. I graduated in 1982.

Simply put, a shift in VALUES has plunged us into a "moral quicksand" from which there is no escape unless we revert to what actually worked. Heroin in the 70's and crack in the 80's were like a 1-2 punch, but RAP in the 90's was the "hook." We've been out on our feet ever since.

Most need and crave external motivation Motivation is overrated If you believe you belong in a particular lane or role Your behavior has no choice but to fall in line

Don't talk about what you're going to accomplish, talk about how you're going to do it.

The greatest trap is telling yourself you’ll do something important later. Excuses create their own inertia. The longer you wait the harder it gets. “Later” is where dreams go to die.

•if you want to be world class, you must not care what anyone thinks about you •drive must be internal and do it because you MUST •anger can fuel results, but that fuel burns HOT •obsession is necessary, but has high costs - must be willing to pay

Real world risk has time critical constraints It is not an academic exercise!!!!! What's amazing about people is how they can inhibit their common sense with too much word thinking and/or scientism.