The Campbell Academy Blog (66)

2 types of flags

The first flag is one that you put in the sand right now, big and bold because of where you are, what you've done or who you're with.

It's like your diploma from university, your medal from your marathon, or your wedding photograph.

It's where we were right then.

It was a good thing; it helped make us who we are.

The second type of flag is one that you throw like a javelin way far in front so that when you reach it, you've anticipated it, looked forward to it, and achieved it.

That's not so much the event that you do, but the place that you go and see or the thing that you give yourself when you've achieved something.

It's something to aim for, something to go at; it's something that re-motivates you in the mornings when it's dark and cold when you have to get up and go to work or take your kids to school or go on the river and row your boat.

These are different things, and they don't necessarily become the same; the ones that you throw forward do not necessarily become the things that you look back to be reminded of, but they are important psychological things to remember.

In my office, I am surrounded by things of significance.

Almost every single thing in my office has a story attached to it that I would be happy to tell you if you were here.

But separate from that, there are things in the next two or three years that I aim for, things that I would like to get to if I can become a better version of myself.

Both lives are important, but both are entirely different.