The door slammed in Gabby the Goat’s face. He was lucky his nose wasn’t broken. “Watch where
you’re going puddin brain,” one of the more obnoxious students, Sam screamed at Gabby. (nicknamed
Sarcastic Sam by his fellow students – Sam was the head of the unofficial Big Shot Professional Wing
of Mr. Perry’s sophomore History class.
Sam was distinguished by his loud obnoxious sarcastic mouth and little else. It’s too bad that Sarcastic
Sam would many years later discover that employers weren’t exactly looking for Big Shot Professional
Obnoxious Big Mouths. Sam would have to fall back on his other great skills of broom pushing and box
stacking. But hey, we’re getting ahead of ourselves
Gabby, stunned for a minute, reached over to pick up his books he had dropped. Gabby was a bright
kid who it always seemed was bumping into things. Of course the other kids ridiculed him for this and
he was thus nicknamed, “Gabby the Goat the Butt of Every Joke!”
Like we said Gabby was a bright kid but seemed scatter brained and lacked focus. One day his interest
was robots, the next was exploring Mars.
Then one day a new science teacher rode into town (in a Ford Mustang). Gabby was really attracted to
the new science teacher Dr. Lars Cranium – not in a physical but intellectual sense.
Dr. Cranium soon became Gabby’s mentor and it wasn’t long before Dr. Cranium started teaching
Gabby foreign ideas like the “Power of mental clarity and focus.” It was not long before Gabby was
planning each day and getting real clarity concerning the things he wanted to accomplish each day and
even 5 years down the road
Pretty soon Gabby was the most popular kid in school with a dozen pretty girls escorting him between
classes. Well no, not exactly, but 10 years later Gabby did have his own microcircuit and software
development company with a net worth of about 15 Billion Dollars.
All because Gabriel (that’s what his business associates call him) had a mentor who showed him the
importance of mental clarity and focus.
I urge each of you: get real clear on what you want to accomplish each day and what you are striving
for down the road. Make a list the night before and define the 6 things you must do each day that will
bring you your biggest results. AND Write Them Down. This is what Gabriel did.
Oh, and whatever happened to Sam? Well, let’s look in, it seems Sam is at a job interview. (He goes
through quite a few jobs these days).
Mr. Employer: “Well let’s see, it says here Sam in high school you were a Big Shot Professional
Obnoxious Big Mouth. Can you explain that? And also can you explain, which of the following
outstanding past job skills best qualifies you for this position: Broom Pusher, Fry Chef, Box Stacker,
Refuse Maintenance Engineer?”
Hey, none of us can go back and make a brand new start, but we can fashion a brand new ending for
ourselves starting today. I encourage you to each day define a clarity and focus about what you want to
accomplish. In 7 days you’ll be amazed with your new found confidence and sense of direction.
Article by James A. Sapp
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