Achievement Starts with Belief
Photo credit: Scott W. Nichols from the The Webb School �What do you want to be when you grow up?� Who hasn�t been asked that a million times by adults? And when we were little, we would answer that question with whatever felt right to us in the moment: �Unicorn.� �Fire fighter.� �Astronaut.� "Superhero" �Ballerina.� �Doctor.� "Teacher." And we knew in our heart that we could be the thing we wanted to be, and more often than not we were encouraged to pursue our dreams. And when our dreams changed, we wholeheartedly pursued the new dream. And then one day the question became harder to answer. Why? We live, we learn, and we start to judge what our heart wants as attainable or not based on our beliefs about ourselves and our ability to achieve the dream. A boy dreaming of being a ballerina might only see pictures of girl ballerinas and develop the belief that boys can�t be ballerinas. Or a girl might dream of being an astronaut until someone says, �Girls with glasses...