The George Washington Carver Story – Episode 2 – Part 1
Do you ever feel like your company is creating an impact on the people around you? What is it that you do to improve your surroundings? In this episode of “The George Washington Carver Story” business coach and thrive visioneer Clark Clark is talking with David Robinson NBA Hall of Famer, Founder of Carver Academy, and thrive mentor. Together they discuss what is achievable with a little encouragement. David Robinson goes into “why” he started the Carver Academy. The Carver Academy is a school that focuses on getting young students in poverty through school. With the proper mindset, he was able to create a school that had a one hundred percent success rate of getting all the students in college. Therefore, when you set your mind to something great, you tend to get great results. You will have moments of doubt and a fear of accomplishing those goals that you may fall behind. When you do fall behind you can use stories like George Washington Carver to help you get through to achieving your goals. David Robinson talks about how he went to visit high poverty high schools in Washington DC. The students there that were selling drugs told David it was easier to sell drugs than to work for an income. They see the people around them selling drugs and driving nice cars. So to them, that journey to success was the only thing they knew to do. What if you had the opportunity to share your success story with some of those individuals, letting them know that there is a way out of poverty, and it will not be easy? Take a moment to watch this episode where Clay Clark and David Robinson discuss how you can set the level of expectation in those who do not know where to begin.
