"Partner 1/2 Murph”
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Peter Drucker was completely right when he said, "making good decisions is a crucial skill at any level." No matter who you are, regardless of your age, social status or race the decisions you make on a regular basis will have a profound impact on your life.
It could be a major decision such as deciding to pull the trigger which lands one in prison for life, or deciding to text a friend while driving which causes a car accident that kills a young couple with a baby on the way or choosing the right college which leads to a successful and fullfilling career or deciding not to wear a condom which causes a 15 year old girl to get pregnant. Such major decisions can be life altering for many like a ripple effect of a rock skimming across the water of a quite lake.
Then their are minor decisions from the onset that lead to far bigger consequences than originally intended. Some good examples are the friends one decides to hang out with, the excuses one makes, the foods one decides to eat and the words and thoughts one embodies.
Regardless of the level of the decision, each decision has its own consequences and as a result has a major impact on how one's life is shaped.
Putting fate or faith aside, it really is a powerful thought when you stop to think that we are constantly faced with decisions (some more major than others) on a daily basis and each decision that we make determines what happens next in life.
While this is a very simple idea on the surface, I believe it carries a very strong message if you are interested in having a positive influence on your own life in an effort to create the future of your hopes and dreams.
Think before you act, as your decisions today will have a lasting effect on the life you live tomorrow.
The greatest discovery any outsider could make about Camden is it's overriding response to failure: If it didn’t work last year, do it AGAIN this year (and if possible do it MORE).
Every year they pass more laws, hire more police, build more prisons, and sentence more offenders for longer periods-all without moving one inch closer to “ending” crime. If it didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they spend more money on schools, hoping to “fix” whatever’s wrong with them, and every year the schools remain stubbornly unfixed. Spending money didn’t work last year or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Every year they try to make the criminals go away, and every year they remain with us. We couldn’t shoehorn these criminals back into the “the mainstream” last year or the year before that or the year before that or the year before that, but you can be sure we’ll try it again this year, knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that it won’t work this year either.
Maybe its time to TRY something DIFFERENT.
Afterall, IF Camden is saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs but by new minds with no programs at all.
Much of my inspiration comes from Daniel Quinn in "Ishmael."
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