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Success shouldn’t be held back!

I Expect Her To Succeed

My oldest daughter has an August 6th birthday. ⁠⁠
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When she turned five, she had 5 friends with summer birthdays too, yet I was the only parent that had their child start school that year. ⁠⁠
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The rest of the parents “held their kid back” another year and waited to send them when they were 6. ⁠⁠
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When some of the other mothers asked why I didn’t hold Camryn back, I had two quick thoughts. ⁠⁠
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1. I expected her to succeed and love kindergarten. ⁠⁠
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2. It didn’t occur to me to hold her back. She was ready! And if there were areas that she wasn’t “ready” in yet, she would learn those things! ⁠⁠
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Luckily, this story isn’t about whether or not to hold your child back. ⁠⁠
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However, it is about whether or not you’re holding yourself back. ⁠⁠
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That thing in your business or motherhood that you’ve been “holding off on”, “waiting to be ready”, waiting for “more time”…
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How would it be different if you ⁠⁠
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1. Expected to succeed⁠⁠
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2. Believed you could learn what you need to learn to have it be a success? ⁠⁠

And now my 19-year-old killing it in college! She’s a junior that just turned 19 this month! They said she wasn’t “ready” to apply to nursing school, but look who’s totally ready! ⁠⁠
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You change everything when you expect to succeed!