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the intersection of joy and success

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Dear Kids, Don't Be Something. Be Somebody.

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John Roedel
Sep 20, 2024
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Someday we won’t ask our children, 
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”

The question we will ask instead will be, 
“What kind of miracle are you going to be?”

And the world will be better off for it.

Maybe I’m biased. I’m sure I am, the more I think about it.

When I was a kid, nobody ever asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.

Nobody k…

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