Life Law #5 Life Rewards Action Source: Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw

“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

+ Be – Do – Have Formula Be Committed Do What it Takes Have What You Want +

Action Counts “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” Success is measured by action, not intentions

Quick - Write In your notes, take 5 minutes to write about one thing that you have been meaning to do, but haven’t gotten around to doing. What is keeping you from doing it?

Video Clip – Take Action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrSUe_m19FY Running Time: 2 minutes 30 seconds

Video Clip – Famous Failures? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLYECIjmnQs Running Time: 2 minutes 58 seconds

Quick - Write In your notes, take 3 minutes to write about what the difference is between the escalator video and the famous failures video. Be prepared to share out to the class.

Quick - Write In your notes, take 5 minutes to write about what specific actions you have taken to achieve your goal of a college education. What actions do you still have to take? Be prepared to share out to the class.

Putting Life Law #5 Into Action Be. Do. Have. If you do nothing, you will have nothing. Take action today so that you don’t miss your windows of opportunity. Don’t give up if you don’t succeed immediately. Eventually you will.

Activity Cards With a small group, take a few minutes to discuss the content on the 8 activity cards.

Silent Reading Read about life rewarding action on pages 125-139 in the book entitled Life Strategies for Teens by Jay McGraw. Add to your Cornell notes any tips that are meaningful from the reading.

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