I received this comment from Richard Smith on the featured article about my first mentor, Mrs. Miller:

“I recall my first mentor, a grade school basketball coach, Larry Kelly. I was in the sixth grade and was walking down the hall. He stopped me and said that I should join the sixth grade basketball team; he saw something in how I walked that indicated I would be a good basketball player. I had never thought about basketball nor had I any real experience with a basketball. Because of his invitation, I did go to practice and he was right. I discovered some real natural talent and he helped me develop it. He helped all of us to develop more fully and, more importantly, develop confidence in who we were as individuals and as a team. I don’t believe I ever really thanked him — but honor him, and his wife, each time I tell his story.”

Several years ago, I took a workshop with Sonia Choquette, an intuitive and spiritual teacher, who introduced the idea of “Believing Eyes.” These are people who see what you cannot see, often the gifts that you have overlooked, and call them out. They are the ones who believe that you can be a good basketball player, even though you’ve never dribbled a ball. It is rare, if not impossible, to fully realize one’s potential without Believing Eyes. I would not be where I am today, doing what I’m doing, without many pairs of Believing Eyes along the way.

Be Believing Eyes for someone in your life. It will make all the difference.