12/15/14 The Newsroom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zqOYBabXmA

11/24/14

Fun little Apple Cup jab from the greatest coach in Washington Football history.

12/19/13

Two Sunday’s ago, the message at church was about our comfort zone as humans, and the importance of stepping outside of it. Well, this morning I was reading an article on the Husky athletic website that emphasized that same need. This was in a slightly different context, but reiterates the same message in becoming a successful human. The link to the article is below, which describes Washington basketball’s trip to Tulane and the lessons learned from their teammate, and his family, who lived through Hurricane Katrina.

The part that caught my eye was from a post-game meal that they had at James Carville’s home. While I’m sure they had to put up with Carville rants about politics throughout the night, he did offer some insight from former President Bill Clinton. A young girl, who met Clinton, told him she would one day be the President. His response to her was, “Study hard, and meet as many people as you can who are not like you.” Put so plainly, it finally made sense. It’s not about just meeting other people. Because of our comfort zone, even when forced out to meet and spend time with others, we will gravitate to people similar to ourselves. But rather, it’s about meeting people who are NOT like ourselves. That is what stepping outside our comfort zone is about, and where the biggest impact can be made.

Signing off.

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