Help others

Quote of the Week

“Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day.” - Sally Koch

A few weeks ago, at a girls high school championship track meet, a girl name Meghan Vogel made national headlines. She made the headlines, not by winning, but by helping her competitor to finish the race.  One of her competitors, Arden McMath, cramped up in the middle of the race, at which time Meghan, instead of finishing the race, actually stopped, pick up Arden and helped her make it to the finish line. She even made sure that Arden finished before her! There are two things that amazed me about this occurrence. The first one is that in today's world, people are so competitive that it surprised me to see this girl rise above that mentality and do what felt right to her in lieu of what others might think. The other thing that amazed me was the number of people that couldn't believe what she had done; the number of people that were shocked that somebody would be so kind to another person; the number of people that couldn't believe that somebody would actually sacrifice winning to help one of their competitors. The lesson we can all take from this rare and wonderful occurrence is that you don't always have to win to be successful, and you don't always have to beat others to achieve your goals. In fact sometimes Howard, helping someone else will bring you the ultimate level of success and enjoyment! Have a great week! To Your Success, Anthony Fasano, P.E., LEED AP, ACC Powerful Purpose Associates – Helping engineers develop their careers