I know, it is in the first post of this blog, and I am lacking adequate suspense build up, but I feel everyone needs to know this--and as soon as possible. Here it is, the greatest piece of advice in history, coming at you first from 0ptimizR:
In everything you do, do it to the fullest of your ability. Do NOT be satisfied with mediocre.
I hear all of your complaints already. That is cliché. That is old hat. But really. Don’t stop reading.
Let us look at Tom. Tom is an average high school senior. He takes 2 AP classes, because he wants to look good for colleges. He wakes up every morning just in enough time to take a shower, eat a Poptart, and get to school in enough time to make it to class and not be tardy. He gets B’s, with the occasional A, as well as the occasional C. He is a midfielder in soccer, and stays after school three days out of the week for an hour to practice, but it is only recreational for him. Tom stays out of trouble, except for some infrequent arguments with his parents. He plays video games or hangs out with old friends on Saturday, unless he has a soccer game, and gets up for his parents to drag him to church on Sunday, and starts the process again on Monday.
Please, don’t take me for saying that there is anything wrong with this life. If it is for you, then that is quite fine. However, this is the reason there are people who crawl their way through the workforce who can only dream of having their high school years back, or forty something year old men spend their time buying luxury cars and cheating on their wives to “feel young again”.
That is precisely what 0ptimizR is looking to fix.
Michael also goes to Tom’s school. He also takes 2 AP classes, in which he excels, because he puts a lot of work into them. He wakes up every morning at least an hour before he has to leave for school. He takes a shower, makes a nice lunch for himself, and sits down to a bowl of oatmeal in front of his computer. He checks his email and the news, before he heads on to school. He’s not the first one to walk into the class, but never the last either. He holds A’s and B’s. He plays baseball, and stays after school two days out of the week for a couple hours to practice, and helped to take his team to regionals. He drives himself to church on Wednesdays and Sundays, and stays after to help clean up. He has a great relationship with his parents. On Saturdays, he spends his time at the batting cages with some friends on the team, in a study group with some of the guys from class, at a baseball game, or doing volunteer work at his church.
There is only one difference between Tom and Michael: Michael does everything to the fullest of his ability. He is not a haphazard type of person. Michael is a try-hard.
But the thing about Michael is that he doesn’t care if he is a try hard. He wants to do things well. He refuses to waste his time. Or anyone else's. Michael is an 0ptimizR.
The moral of the story:
