When Derek Sivers was a young man, he met his mentor Kimo Williams. Sivers was about to attend Berklee College of Music and that?s when Williams changed his life.
Kimo?s high expectations set a new pace for me. He taught me ?the standard pace is for chumps? ? that the system is designed so anyone can keep up. If you?re more driven than ?just anyone? ? you can do so much more than anyone expects. And this applies to ALL of life ? not just school.
Before I met him, I was just a kid who wanted to be a musician, doing it casually.
Ever since our five lessons, high expectations became my norm, and still are to this day. Whether music, business, or personal ? whether I actually achieve my expectations or not ? the point is that I owe every great thing that?s happened in my life to Kimo?s raised expectations. That?s all it took. A random meeting and five music lessons to convince me I can do anything more effectively than anyone expects.
(And so can anyone else.)
Everyone should be so lucky to have a mentor push them in this regard. [via superpuch]
Source: http://slyoyster.com/cheap-thrills/2012/there-is-no-speed-limit/
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