Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Questions

Recently I took a trip that included a stop at one of my “alma maters”, Radford University. Over twenty years ago, I spent two years there doing graduate work in Industrial /Organizational Psychology.

The fun part of the visit was walking around campus. It seems a bit smaller and it has changed so much - but so have I. I was flooded by the memories of great people and good times.

More important, I started thinking, “if I could meet the young man I was for coffee, what questions could I answer for him?” Certainly, I tell him to take more risks and don’t play it so conservatively. And, geez, have more fun.

Then I started thinking, “What if today, I could have lunch with the man I will become 20 years from now? What advice would he give me?”


Would he tell me that it was worth all the effort? Would he tell me to take more time to enjoy it all? What advise could he give me about my two step-sons?

If you could go back 20 years, what advice would you give yourself?