Blast Off Day 2!

May 10, 2008
Blast OFF Day Two
WOW! What an awesome day it has been. I feel like this year I’m developing and gaining so much more from the events than I did last year. Mark and Marlene are incredible individuals who embrace each and everyone’s authenticity.
Today we worked on personal mission statements which really meant a lot to me. Now, after serving one year, I know how important it is to have that core of beliefs to fall back on during hard times.
Your destiny awaits.
Live to fulfill your dreams and desires.
Love with unwavering passion and dedication.
Develop the wisdom to be more than you think you are capable.
Remember who you are and who you were destined to become.

Another great thing I took more from this year was Angela, a National Officer’s Retiring Address. She challenged all FFA members to:
“Figure out what you are. Concentrate on doing that; and doing it well.”
She also brought up three questions that were the core of her retiring address.
1. What are your passions?
2. Am I proud of me?
3. Do my passions guide my actions everyday?
She spoke of an FFA member that she had met who had bought his first calf from his dad in 6th grade, had rented 90 acres from his father by 8th grade and by the time he was a senior had a $90,000 income through his SAE. However, even though he was set with a future career, he was going to attend college to make sure that he could become profitable following his passions and making his dreams of success a reality. Angela said, “that is FFA.”

After the sessions were over for the day, the team sat down and set goals for the upcoming year. The goals were to continue implementing service throughout chapters. The goal that I am most excited about achieving is using podcasts and youtube.com to connect the newsletter and authenticity of State Officers and chapter leaders to FFA members and foundation donors.

Truly I can tell this team is going to be awesome! I feel our team is free to be ourselves and grow as teammates, family and friends while serving the members of Minnesota this year!