Experience

Keeping Kids On The Streets

Garth Beyer

Parents and those acting like them have tried to keep kids off the streets since the streets got packed with drugs and gangs. It’s pretty clear no matter if they do keep kids off the streets, its harmful to their lives.

1. They Get Them Off The Streets and now they are stuck inside playing video games and the only social structure they have are those few people who added them on Facebook. Keeping kids inside is just as unsafe as letting them roam around town in their pre-teens.

2. Letting Them Figure Out The Streets Themselves usually winds them up in a gang or a target of one. Very few who experience the streets this way end up superheros, so don’t count on the kids making it out with perfect morals.

However, I am here to solve the problem of both on-the-street and off-the-street lives.

Parkour well arguably is a sport in which practitioners, called “traceurs”, run, jump, climb, and roll across and through an urban environment. The task is to get from point A to point B as quickly as possible which can sometimes require you to jump over cars, leap 9-meter distances from one rooftop to another, or vaulting over objects. Parkour demands incredible physical strength and agility, as well as a quick mind to find the quickest way through an obstacle. Parkour defines the art of movement.

Sure Parkour can be a dangerous sport, but it certainly beats being in a gang but it is a brand new look at the streets and a brand new look at life. Parkour offers so much more than a positive way to pass the time in the city. Can you guess what other positive influences Parkour has?

You can bet I am going to share more reasons why Parkour is such a healthy activity and the positive influence it is on people and the world in general. After all, it is one of my core passions.

Stay Positive and PK

Garth E. Beyer

Desk Job to Your Passion to Cancun

Garth Beyer

Have you been in a position where you simply felt bad for the person telling the joke?

Last week at my job, I was working in the conference room while my other co-workers were having a meeting. Many of my co-workers have worked at the office for a lengthy amount of time and have seen people come and seen people go.

It was on the topic of a past employee that the joke was made. One person brought up how, Reagan left our office to work at another branch. Unlike our office, those who work where Reagan transferred to, have to pay for their vacation.

My co-workers began to relive their experience working with Reagan. They recalled how she would always carry a goal sheet for the day when she would walk into work. The goal sheet was always lengthy. They were making a joke out of it, one person said, “They require her to carry out a lot there and they even make her pay for vacation, that is just sad. I love not having to pay for vacation. I can’t wait to go to Cancun for four days next month. I have never been there and I need to get away and relax.”

Everyone she spoke to were nodding their heads and letting out chuckles of agreement. I walked out of the room because I felt terrible. I felt bad that they NEED to take a vacation to get away from work.

Do you want to know what I found out about Reagan after that?

She LOVES her job.

People at the office were unaware of the reason she set so many goals at work. She aimed for what she would LOVE to do the rest of her life. By carrying a set of goals and a determined attitude with her every place she went, it was not surprising she landed her dream job.

Would you be surprised if I told you Reagan is the highest paid employee at the branch and has been to Cancun three times in the last two years with her husband?

Stay Positive and Set Goals

Garth E. Beyer