Comments on: A crack in the glass http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Eve http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-4440 Eve Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:59:01 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-4440 My crack in the glass - getting my first good grades at uni. Until that point I had resigned myself that I was just an average student - never considered that I could do anything better. <br><br>Now I cant believe it took me so long to realize that I CAN get good marks, and I am not limited to being 'average' :-) whole new world of possibilities! <br><br>Very cool article. My crack in the glass – getting my first good grades at uni. Until that point I had resigned myself that I was just an average student – never considered that I could do anything better.

Now I cant believe it took me so long to realize that I CAN get good marks, and I am not limited to being 'average' :-) whole new world of possibilities!

Very cool article.

]]> By: Eve http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6348 Eve Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:59:01 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6348 My crack in the glass - getting my first good grades at uni. Until that point I had resigned myself that I was just an average student - never considered that I could do anything better. <br><br>Now I cant believe it took me so long to realize that I CAN get good marks, and I am not limited to being 'average' :-) whole new world of possibilities! <br><br>Very cool article. My crack in the glass – getting my first good grades at uni. Until that point I had resigned myself that I was just an average student – never considered that I could do anything better.

Now I cant believe it took me so long to realize that I CAN get good marks, and I am not limited to being 'average' :-) whole new world of possibilities!

Very cool article.

]]> By: Eve http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-4439 Eve Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:59:01 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-4439 My crack in the glass - getting my first good grades at uni. Until that point I had resigned myself that I was just an average student - never considered that I could do anything better. <br><br>Now I cant believe it took me so long to realize that I CAN get good marks, and I am not limited to being 'average' :-) whole new world of possibilities! <br><br>Very cool article. My crack in the glass – getting my first good grades at uni. Until that point I had resigned myself that I was just an average student – never considered that I could do anything better.

Now I cant believe it took me so long to realize that I CAN get good marks, and I am not limited to being 'average' :-) whole new world of possibilities!

Very cool article.

]]> By: joemueller http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6349 joemueller Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:00:11 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6349 Christopher,<br><br>Great stuff. Everyone is on a journey and can only progress at the pace they set. Your post is great encouragement. My career is devoted to helping adults execute a program--Scouting--that helps kids begin to "crack the glass." Character education in the schools also is providing this encouragement. But I'm thankful for all of the adult volunteer leaders in Scouting and throughout my educational years that stuck with me and encouraged me until my glass started breaking.<br><br>Woody Allen said something like, "Ninety percent of life is just showing up." Sometimes, we begin to break the glass just by showing up. And social media is helping me and other people reach out to comment, guide and encourage making the world a better place.<br><br>Thanks for reminding people to keep going.<br><br>-joe Christopher,

Great stuff. Everyone is on a journey and can only progress at the pace they set. Your post is great encouragement. My career is devoted to helping adults execute a program–Scouting–that helps kids begin to “crack the glass.” Character education in the schools also is providing this encouragement. But I'm thankful for all of the adult volunteer leaders in Scouting and throughout my educational years that stuck with me and encouraged me until my glass started breaking.

Woody Allen said something like, “Ninety percent of life is just showing up.” Sometimes, we begin to break the glass just by showing up. And social media is helping me and other people reach out to comment, guide and encourage making the world a better place.

Thanks for reminding people to keep going.

-joe

]]> By: joemueller http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-4438 joemueller Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:00:11 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-4438 Christopher,<br><br>Great stuff. Everyone is on a journey and can only progress at the pace they set. Your post is great encouragement. My career is devoted to helping adults execute a program--Scouting--that helps kids begin to "crack the glass." Character education in the schools also is providing this encouragement. But I'm thankful for all of the adult volunteer leaders in Scouting and throughout my educational years that stuck with me and encouraged me until my glass started breaking.<br><br>Woody Allen said something like, "Ninety percent of life is just showing up." Sometimes, we begin to break the glass just by showing up. And social media is helping me and other people reach out to comment, guide and encourage making the world a better place.<br><br>Thanks for reminding people to keep going.<br><br>-joe Christopher,

Great stuff. Everyone is on a journey and can only progress at the pace they set. Your post is great encouragement. My career is devoted to helping adults execute a program–Scouting–that helps kids begin to “crack the glass.” Character education in the schools also is providing this encouragement. But I'm thankful for all of the adult volunteer leaders in Scouting and throughout my educational years that stuck with me and encouraged me until my glass started breaking.

Woody Allen said something like, “Ninety percent of life is just showing up.” Sometimes, we begin to break the glass just by showing up. And social media is helping me and other people reach out to comment, guide and encourage making the world a better place.

Thanks for reminding people to keep going.

-joe

]]> By: mikemcallen http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6350 mikemcallen Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:36:04 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6350 My good friend once told me the secret of his success is to try and do something that scares him everyday. This post reminds me of that. It reminds me of my leap of faith when I was a firefighter climbing a very tall ladder for the first time in training. The pucker factor was unbelievable for me being afraid of heights but once it was over it made me a better person to have attacked my fears and pushed forward through the training to eventually carry another person down that same ladder.......<br><br>Keep pushing <br><br>Thank you for this post Chris... My good friend once told me the secret of his success is to try and do something that scares him everyday. This post reminds me of that. It reminds me of my leap of faith when I was a firefighter climbing a very tall ladder for the first time in training. The pucker factor was unbelievable for me being afraid of heights but once it was over it made me a better person to have attacked my fears and pushed forward through the training to eventually carry another person down that same ladder…….

Keep pushing

Thank you for this post Chris…

]]> By: Stuart Foster http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6351 Stuart Foster Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:14:45 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6351 It also helps considerably if you don't know how thick the glass really is (and just keep pushing).<br><br>That's my method for success...just be relentless. Keep going until everyone else quits or gets bored. It also helps considerably if you don't know how thick the glass really is (and just keep pushing).

That's my method for success…just be relentless. Keep going until everyone else quits or gets bored.

]]> By: Tamsen (@tamadear @Sametz) http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6352 Tamsen (@tamadear @Sametz) Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:34:43 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6352 I love this post, Chris. What a great way to describe how all change starts with the realization of possibility. In another part of my life I coach people through weight loss, which requires change on more levels--and in more areas--than most folks ever dream of when they first start the process. In the beginning, most people think they can't do it--or if they can, that it won't stick.<br><br>To them I say, "You don't have to believe you can, but you can't believe you can't." Change is a leap of faith. We're comfortable where we are, and though it may have drawbacks, it's familiar. The gap between where we are and where we want to be can feel huge.<br><br>The shift comes from *acting* differently. If you act like the person you want to be, eventually you are that person, whether you thought you could or not. I love this post, Chris. What a great way to describe how all change starts with the realization of possibility. In another part of my life I coach people through weight loss, which requires change on more levels–and in more areas–than most folks ever dream of when they first start the process. In the beginning, most people think they can't do it–or if they can, that it won't stick.

To them I say, “You don't have to believe you can, but you can't believe you can't.” Change is a leap of faith. We're comfortable where we are, and though it may have drawbacks, it's familiar. The gap between where we are and where we want to be can feel huge.

The shift comes from *acting* differently. If you act like the person you want to be, eventually you are that person, whether you thought you could or not.

]]> By: djsteen http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6353 djsteen Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:06:31 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-6353 I'm a relatively picky eater. Though, a few years ago there was a 'crack in my glass' and I began to expand my palette. Soon, I was eating all kinds of new things. <br><br>I still don't eat <u>everything</u>, but I'm always looking for something new to try and it has lifted a somewhat 'fear of foods' off my shoulders. :) I'm a relatively picky eater. Though, a few years ago there was a 'crack in my glass' and I began to expand my palette. Soon, I was eating all kinds of new things.

I still don't eat everything, but I'm always looking for something new to try and it has lifted a somewhat 'fear of foods' off my shoulders. :)

]]> By: mikemcallen http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-4437 mikemcallen Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:36:04 +0000 http://www.christopherspenn.com/2009/09/03/a-crack-in-the-glass/#comment-4437 My good friend once told me the secret of his success is to try and do something that scares him everyday. This post reminds me of that. It reminds me of my leap of faith when I was a firefighter climbing a very tall ladder for the first time in training. The pucker factor was unbelievable for me being afraid of heights but once it was over it made me a better person to have attacked my fears and pushed forward through the training to eventually carry another person down that same ladder.......<br><br>Keep pushing <br><br>Thank you for this post Chris... My good friend once told me the secret of his success is to try and do something that scares him everyday. This post reminds me of that. It reminds me of my leap of faith when I was a firefighter climbing a very tall ladder for the first time in training. The pucker factor was unbelievable for me being afraid of heights but once it was over it made me a better person to have attacked my fears and pushed forward through the training to eventually carry another person down that same ladder…….

Keep pushing

Thank you for this post Chris…

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