LETTERS© has been quiet since we occupied space at a homeschool convention in 2016. Most of our customers have been silent. We have filled our time with endeavours and pursuits that required more energy than resources. Many of my days have been devoted to health and healing, recovery and rejuvenation. Momentum has all but ceased …
... LETTERS© has been in a Dip.
It has been very difficult for me to admit but LETTERS© hasn’t been serving struggling learners in the way we intended or in how I envisioned. I have been discouraged, disappointed, and I have often wondered if I should pack it all away, put it on a shelf, and quit as the costs have seemingly been far greater than the rewards. Moving forward appeared even more painful and truthfully, impossible.
But after diving into Seth Godin’s book, The Dip, I realized LETTERS© is not something to quit. I recognize there are too many learners struggling to persevere through their Dip; struggling to move forward into their full potential. Too many of them are submitting to the strain and contemplating quitting at school, at work, and at life. For this reason I must persist to make LETTERS© their best path to literacy. Their world depends on it!
And therefore … I choose to stick. To stick with the calling that is too loud to ignore. To stick with my commitment to those who have lost hope. To stick with them so they conquer their Dip. And to encourage them to emerge as successful participants of language and society.
“Quit the wrong stuff. Stick with the right stuff.
Have the guts to do one or the other.” ~Seth Godin
Have the guts to do one or the other.” ~Seth Godin
What are you choosing to stick with and why?
 | Have you read Seth Godin’s book, The Dip? What did you love about it? If you haven’t read it yet, I highly recommend digging in. It might be just what you need to get you through your Dip! |
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