There I was, eating cereal and watching a CNN documentary about Kobe Bryant—yes, I mix deep life reflection with Raisin Bran—when his old speech teacher said something that made me pause mid-chew.
He described Kobe’s approach to life as giving everything—heart, soul, and body—to his craft. No halfway. Just all in. I sat there thinking, “Yes!
That’s it!” That’s the very thing I try to convey to my students in class, usually while making wild arm gestures and accidentally knocking over a marker cup.
I believe in that philosophy with every fiber of my chalk-dusted being. High Risk, Deep Roots But here’s the deal: it’s also terrifying.
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