Life is like Football!?! Yes, it is!
Yes, life is like football. We have to battle it out to win. While the battle is tough, it also forces us to keep our momentum. It is the battle that causes us to make strides in life. If everything were easy, then we would never pursue it. However, the battle arms you with the arsenal of friends and family to help you overcome. The same is true for pursuing a major degree like a PhD in psychology.
No student will do as well if they are an island unto themselves. Students will have the battle of applying to doctoral programs and doing well in the classes once accepted. Still, students have to realize that they can achieve their dreams regardless of how many strikes or challenges in life may be against them. Your track record or current challenges do not dictate where you can end up. Oddly, in this life you have both little and great control over your success. On one hand, life can throw you a challenge, but in other ways you can choose to keep pressing on in the face of adversity.
Today, determine in your mind that you will stay focused on the strengths in your life, personal support, and passions. Do not worry about what has not worked out. If a student thinks about their failure and shortcomings, then they will never successfully attend and graduate from a doctoral program. Yet, I know that the strength of each student will rise up within them to get the job done (whatever the task may be).
Here is another video to keep you encouraged. While the video is about Football, it teaches us an important lesson about life. Just for information sake, this is an interview that was changed into a song; hence, that is what songify is about. In this case, the football analogy applies to doctoral admission and work in the program. Regardless of several schools rejecting you, there will always be one that can accept you. Keep trying. Keep going. Keep believing!
No student will do as well if they are an island unto themselves. Students will have the battle of applying to doctoral programs and doing well in the classes once accepted. Still, students have to realize that they can achieve their dreams regardless of how many strikes or challenges in life may be against them. Your track record or current challenges do not dictate where you can end up. Oddly, in this life you have both little and great control over your success. On one hand, life can throw you a challenge, but in other ways you can choose to keep pressing on in the face of adversity.
Today, determine in your mind that you will stay focused on the strengths in your life, personal support, and passions. Do not worry about what has not worked out. If a student thinks about their failure and shortcomings, then they will never successfully attend and graduate from a doctoral program. Yet, I know that the strength of each student will rise up within them to get the job done (whatever the task may be).
Here is another video to keep you encouraged. While the video is about Football, it teaches us an important lesson about life. Just for information sake, this is an interview that was changed into a song; hence, that is what songify is about. In this case, the football analogy applies to doctoral admission and work in the program. Regardless of several schools rejecting you, there will always be one that can accept you. Keep trying. Keep going. Keep believing!
