Distractions: Conclusion

By now I believe some of you are bragging about the fact that you were capable of noticing the gorilla on last post's video.

And maybe others are feeling exactly as I felt when I first watched it, DUMB.

'How on earth I missed the gorilla?' - that is the question echoing in the minds of some of us right now.

Well, I've gotta say that if you saw the gorilla you actually did get DISTRACTED.

The DIRECTION given by the narrator right at the beginning was pretty obvious:

'How many times the white team passes the rubber band ball around?'

Forget about the company's idea behind the commercial.

Let's look into it from different perspective.

If you were told to count how many times the ball was passed around them you missed the gorilla, meaning that you were FULLY FOCUSED on the task given to you.

If you saw the gorilla them you MISSED the target.

There are many 'gorillas' around you right now.

Media, 'friends', love life, family, fashion, sports, internet, social networks, Hollywood, video games, drugs, music, etc...

Which of these 'gorillas' are getting you distracted the most?

Remember, he is a black-belt gorilla, who takes different forms and shapes. 

Luke Castro

YPG National Coordinator

Who Are You?

Stop for a moment … take a piece of paper and answer this question, 'who am I?' Finished? Good. Now answer this, 'who do I want to become?'

It's likely that there is a big gap between the who you are and who you want to become. So what's the bridge that closes the gap?

WORK! In order to achieve anything you have to work hard for it and the time to invest in it is now. Many young people have big plans for their future. They are even told that they can be successful, as I'm sure you've heard or read on a report card, e.g. 'so and so has great potential'.

But years go by and the person's potential seems to just waste away … why? Because they allowed themselves to get sidetracked from their goal, they allowed themselves to get lost in the crowd. Exodus 23:2 reads, "You shall not follow a crowd to do evil."

"Where is this crowd leading you? 
Where are you going with this? 

Closer to your goal or on a completely

different path?"

If you know what you want, go ahead and work for it. What's the point in delaying what you want for the sake of following people in a direction that leads you nowhere near where you should be?

Maybe all you want at the moment is to have fun and just hang around. You're thinking, 'I'll get serious when I'm older'. But remember that as years go by and you take no action towards your goal, it will not only make it harder as you may never get there! You might become like many 40-somethings, only dreaming of what they should have been.

Focus. Don't follow the crowd.

This advice is contrary to what you learn outside. You are taught that you should be part of a gang, a clique… whatever you want to call it - it's a crowd! But stop and think … where is this crowd leading you? Where are you going with this? Closer to your goal or on a completely different path?

Pr Luke Castro

YPG National Coordinator