He Walked Out On His Future: The Value of Self-Improvement

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  @andrewcleroux520 · 2 years ago

  This is what companies lack today a willingness to help and grow employees into what they could be, instead of being short sighted and only hiring what they think they want

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• ME

  @mesina84 · 2 years ago

  1 Day, &nbsp;24 Hours, 1440 minutes, 86,400 Seconds. <br>Thank you, you have just given me a way to tell my eldest son something I&apos;ve been telling him for years. But you know kids don&apos;t really want to listen to parents. But they wil listen to a stranger say the same things.<br>Thank you James

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• LY

  @lynnebucher6537 · 2 years ago

  That guy may have had an undetected learning disability and was told by his parents that he was stupid and would never amount to anything. It&apos;s so destructive to one&apos;s self image.

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• EP

  @epicuritus9761 · 2 years ago

  As a person with ADHD who spent 13 years completing a 4-year bachelors degree, this video literally brought me to tears. Your message is spot on, sir, and I appreciate the encouragement to everyone and the down to earth way that you shared it. Please keep sharing your wisdom with the world. If YouTube is useful for anything it&apos;s videos like this.

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• WE

  @wendyduncan9084 · 2 years ago

  His inability to do the math that would protect him from fraud made me really sad. That he couldn’t even see his way to stopping it broke my heart. I was a teacher and slow processing is real. My husband had 2 massive strokes when our kids still lived at home. No physical effect. All cognitive. At 45 he had to relearn math and language- like relearn words like a toddler. I homeschooled him 10 hours a day and he worked his butt off. It was brutal for a man who had been a nuclear researcher and scored perfect on the SAT. I have never been more proud of someone not quitting.

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• SI

  @sinfulsympathy · 2 years ago

  It really bugs me, having been a teacher, that a lot of teachers will just push a child through a class to &quot;get them out of their class.&quot; Happend to my ex, and started to happen to my child until I pulled her out and am doing online school with her at her pace. She&apos;s getting straight A&apos;s now. I appreciate your wife trying to step-up and help that man.

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• RJ

  @RJSDZNS · 2 years ago (edited)

  Dude......99% of companies would just say, naw, &nbsp;your not worth our time. Good on you and your employees as well as wife for being willing to say, &nbsp;yeah, &nbsp;we&apos;ll give you a shot. People could learn from this video bro!

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• JP

  @jplayzow · 2 years ago

  This is so heartbreaking hearing him just throw away an offer because he didn&apos;t believe in himself

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• AN

  @andrewbieger5004 · 2 years ago

  Mad props to you and your wife for the efforts to help this guy get ahead, even if he had already given up on himself. In his situation, it is possible he was used to a certain level of failure, or just kept setting the bar lower to avoid the pain of failure. It is TOTALLY amazing what we can accomplish when we believe we can, or refuse to quit. Conversely, if we convince ourselves that we CANNOT do something, we usually end up failing.

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• KA

  @kathyanstey3399 · 2 years ago (edited)

  James I was so touched by your wife&apos;s generosity and willingness to help this young man. If he changes his mind and takes her up on the offer? I know we&apos;d all love to know about that

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• SC

  @scpvrr · 2 years ago

  James, I respect this greatly. Not only did you offer that person a new path, you offered him something MUCH bigger - you offered him love.

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• KA

  @katiekane5247 · 2 years ago

  My mom was a tough old broad. She worked an auto parts counter in the 40s. She told me to do every job the best I could whether using your back or your brain. I&apos;ve done jobs that some consider menial or even distasteful, learned something from every single one. I&apos;ve been fired for standing up for what&apos;s right &amp; I&apos;d go without before cheating anyone. It&apos;s something not taught at school, how to explore natural curiosity, how to feel like you can figure something out. Be sure your kids get this at home, current education isn&apos;t cutting it!

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