Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that, so it goes on flying anyway. ~ Mary Kay Ash
I wondered this past week what we would be capable of if we didn't limit ourselves to what we believe is 'humanly possible'. There is no invention or convenience of today that was certain from the start that it would work. In fact, it was proving the doubters wrong of what was claimed to be +-'inhumanly possible' that probably drove most inventors. In college I debated whether or not to double major with accounting and a foreign language. I concluded it was not humanly possible to play basketball, pass accounting and learn a new language at the same time. That is until I met someone from another school who also played basketball, majored in accounting, had only been in the United States for 4 years, and was an ESL (English as a Second Language) student. I asked him how he did it and he said, '..I didn't know I wasn't supposed to do that!..'. This weeks leadership thought is short and simple because its not necessary to over complicate the issue. The leadership lesson is offered by the bumblebee who doesn't subscribe nor does he care about what others say he shouldn't be able to do.
My challenge to you this week is to commit to doing something extraordinary! If there is one thing that concerns me about our current economic times, it’s the fact that we are being led to believe that smiling and enjoying life are not supposed to be happening. I say smile a little longer, laugh a little louder, and pass it on! Extend a hearty 'GOOD MORNING!' to the patron next to you at the gas pump. Smile at the car that passes you in traffic that can't imagine you would have the audacity to do the speed limit. Complete a project this week that wasn't supposed to be done until 4 weeks from now! It's not until we become immune to our supposed inabilities that we conquer all that is truly humanly possible.
Alonzo Kelly
President
Milwaukee Urban League Young Professionals
