Indianapolis, IN – “This conference is about you, what you do with what you learn here, and whether you decide to share what you learn here to make things better where you live,” Dr. Denis Onieal, superintendent of the National Fire Academy, told attendees at Wednesday’s Opening Session. The true test of this conference is in your behavior, your attitude, your willingness to work within your organization to make things better for those citizens unwilling or unable to do it for themselves,” Onieal noted. “Whether you choose to share your knowledge and inspire others is up to you …. You will gather the best tools, techniques, and processes anyone can find to help you help others. But whether that happens or not, is completely up to you,” he emphasized.
Onieal challenged the audience using a football game as an analogy. He distinguished between “players” and others who may be present at the “game” (the attendee’s life):
- “场上有22名足球运动员,他们将尝试改变比分。At the same time, there will be players on both teams, sitting on the benches, telling everyone else what to do, commenting on their team and the opposing team, trying to get the coach’s ear, cheering on their team-but they can’t change the score unless they play.
- “At the same time, there are 60 thousand fans in the stadium, drinking beer, yelling and screaming, shouting epithets, saying bad things about the players and the coaches-but they can’t change the score.
- “At the same time, there will probably be 60 million people sitting at home, watching the game on television, drinking beer, yelling and screaming, shouting epithets, saying bad things about the players and the coaches-but they can’t change the score either.
- “场上和游戏中只有22个人可以改变分数。其余的坐在板凳上,看台和躺椅上。
“My question to you is, ‘Do you want to change the score?’ “
Onieal将一个人有力地带回家。他引用了广播评论员保罗·哈维(Paul Harvey)讲述的一个故事,讲述了重量级拳击冠军乔·路易斯(Joe Louis),他的名字叫乔伊·巴罗(Joey Barrow)。十几岁的时候,巴罗上了小提琴课,因为他的母亲认为这是他“做自己的东西”的唯一希望。他被同学嘲笑,他称他为“娘娘腔”。
有一天,在被挑衅地与他的小提琴时,另一个同学瑟斯顿·麦金尼(Thurston McKinney)在头上“欺负”班级后,决定是时候介入了。他带乔伊去健身房,教他如何在拳击圈中旋转。乔伊不得不放弃他的小提琴课,因为他需要母亲给他支付小提琴课的50美分才能在健身房租一个储物柜。乔伊(Joey)意外地击中了麦金尼(McKinney),以至于他击败了麦金尼(McKinney),后者实际上是底特律金手套冠军。当麦金尼起床时,他告诉乔伊扔掉他的小提琴。五年来,23岁的乔伊(Joey)成为世界上重量级拳击冠军。他将自己的名字改成乔·路易(Joe Louis),因为他不想让母亲知道自己已经停止上小提琴课。当然,她几年后就得知了这一点。
Onieal说,这一课是:“改变您一生的人不是拥有最多的资格,最多的钱或最多奖项的人。他们不是冠军;他们是关心你的人。他们是这个世界的瑟斯顿·麦金尼。”
而且,Onieal断言:“在观众中,没有比您更大或更艰难的瑟斯顿。您一直在帮助人们。但是,” Onieal补充说,“生活远不止于此。有时,这仅仅是关于您的,您的工作和训练程度,对部门的贡献,您为家庭所做的换句话说,您的生活如何。”
鼓励观众思考真正的成功以及我们亲人的“成功”。Onieal建议的一种方法是,“弄清楚生活的重要事项”是根据您今天旅行的道路来写自己的itu告,其中可能包括成就,成功和组织中的职位。他继续说:“完成后,您可能会把它撕成碎片,再写另一个。”他说,新版本将包括角色之类的东西。作为杰出伴侣,父母或朋友;并帮助他人的工作或爱好者。他补充说,让您的配偶,孩子或亲密的朋友写下您的itu告,这也是启发性的。Onieal说,不时阅读这些ob告可以帮助您解决问题,尤其是在艰难时期。



















