Blueprint to Success“Making Your Dreams YOUR Reality”

By: Josh FunkLax Factory Director

I Was Once You• Student Government• Member of the Band• Played PAA• Poolesville Indians• Worked at the Pool• Accepted to the

Global Ecology Program• Up’s and Down’s of

growing up

My Goal Today

• I WANT TO HELP YOU • Set Goals and Dreams for Yourself• Eliminate Things that Waste Time in your Life• Find Your Excuses and Overcome Them• Find Your Path of “Success”

• Discuss My 8 Keys to Success• Talk to you About My Path to Success

Goal Setting

• Goal- the result or achievement toward which effort is directed• Importance of Goals• Write them down• 3 Personal• 3 Academic• 3 Extracurricular• This is your “Dart Board”

What is your Dart Board?

• No better time than now to declare your goals• Write 3 down off the top

of your head!• SHARE

My Dartboard

• Be a great friend, brother and son• Be a 3 Sport High School Student Athlete• Earn a scholarship to play a sport at a Division 1

University• Play professional lacrosse• Become a Doctor• Be my own Boss• Have a significant impact on the next generation

of adults

Ready, Fire, Aim• Act now, ask

questions later• Learn by failing• “One who makes no

mistakes, makes nothing at all.” ~ Giacomo Casanova• Make up your mind

and grind!

O.W.E.

• Out Work Everybody• Effort is between YOU

and YOU• Greatness is a lot of

small things done well• Be the best in your

neighborhood, team, school, county, state, nation, etc.• The only thing that

follows work is results!

BE > YESTERDAY• Wake up Ready to

Make Your Mark• “If you aren’t pissed

off for greatness, your ok with being mediocre. “ ~Ray Lewis• Better Everyday.

Period.

What do you waste time doing?

• TV, Computer, Phone• Talking about other people• Worrying about the past or future

Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable

• Get out of your comfort zone• Comfort brings

content• “Do one thing that

scares you everyday.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Everything That You Do…Speaks

• Actions speak in everything that you do• Everyone matters• The way you treat

anyone is the way you treat everyone• “Nerds”

Do What You Love, Love What You Do

But….• The Dreaded Excuse• Excuses are Like…• Talk is Cheap• Some of you want

to…..more than you want success• Your Goals will only be

realized as you eliminate both excuses and negative people from your life

What are your excuses?Who is holding you back?

My Excuses• Divorced Parents• Moved to a New

School• Small Town• Too Small• It’s Too Hard• I’m Not Good Enough• Coach Doesn’t Like

Me

You Call The Shots

• Don’t let someone else's expectations and limitations define your life.• Remind yourself. Nobody is built like you, you

design yourself. ~ Jay-Z• Be a leader• The right decision for YOU is not always the most

popular• Sheep vs. The Wolf

End Result- High School

• Member of the Global Ecology Magnet Program• Member of the National Honor Society• Varsity Football, Basketball and Lacrosse• All-State in Lacrosse and Football• County Player of the Year in Lacrosse (Public and Private)

End Result- College• Academic and Athletic

Scholarship to The Ohio State University• 3.4 GPA while earning

my degree in 4 years• Played in every game of

my career except 2• Co-Captain and Co-MVP

as a Senior of the team that made it to the Elite 8

End Result- Post College• Earned my Doctor of Physical Therapy from the

University of Maryland• Played 2 years in the National Lacrosse League after

being drafted in the 2nd round• Run my own personal business called the Lax Factory• Blessed to have close family, great friends and an

amazing girlfriend

Oh Yeah….My Job• Physical Therapist• Lax Factory• TRX Sports Medicine

Instructor

Closing Thoughts

• You have one chance in life to do whatever you are going to do, to make whatever mark you are going to make, to leave whatever legacy you are going to leave, so what’s stopping you from working on your legacy right now?

~Ray Lewis