Women, Leadership, and Success

 

Don’t Fear It – Embrace It !!! …

 

Eva Gonos Mocon is a Kinesiology graduate of the University of Western Ontario, as well as, a graduate from Its’ Althouse Teachers College located in London, Ontario, Canada.  On top of excelling in Academics, Eva was an Integral member of The University of Western Ontario’s Women’s Varsity Soccer Team that placed as high as 2nd and 3rd in Ontario and 5 th in Canada during her 5 seasons where she Captained the team for 3 of those years.  Furthermore, Eva is currently working within The York Region District School Board Mentoring and Shaping The Minds of Her Students, Her Student Athletes, and Our Leaders of Tomorrow.

 

Eva Gonos Mocon …

 

Please List TWO “Business or Life Lessons” – (Or One of Each) – That You Have Learned Along The Way That Has Significantly Contributed To Your Personal and / or Professional Development and Success ???

 

Business Lesson :

 

I read this in a novel once and it really resonated with me and it has stayed with me ever since.  Before long, I had decided to “Live” this principle and include it into my “Life’s Code” and it is how I choose to treat my students and those within my Inner Circle of family and friends today.  This Learned Lesson crosses into “Both” Business and Life and it goes like this :

“Nothing is as it seems and there are always two sides to every situation. Do not judge, do not presume and do not assume. Instead, have the conversation(s) to “understand” why.”

 

Life Lesson :

 

Whenever I saw my students cutting corners on an assignment or a task I would share one of my favourite sayings with them – “If you cut corners in Phys Ed class, you’ll be cutting corners for the rest of your life”.

This was usually said after the 2 laps of the class “warm up” around the School’s Soccer Field.  A few students would cheatingly sprint “across” the field before I got out there so that way it would appear like they’ve already completed half a lap.  Others would literally round the corners, instead of run “around” the full field.  I never yelled at any offending students, instead, I wholeheartedly addressed the entire class and said – “If You Cut Corners In Phys. Ed Class, You Will Cut Corners For The Rest of Your Life” – hoping that they would “Hear” and “Remember” the “Message” and learn to live with a sense of Integrity.

I didn’t realize just how important those words were until students who had graduated from our school would get in touch with me years down the road and tell me just how true those words rang. Sometimes these weren’t even the kids who’d cut corners in my class. These young adults were able to identify that Committed, Specifically Intended, Detailed, Hard, and Smart Work Does Pay Off and that The Only Time Success Ever Comes “Before” Work Is In The Dictionary !!!

It’s Humbling to actually realize that my words had weight and that they were able to stand the test of time and stay with my previous students deep into their post “Secondary School” lives.

Although we may be set in our ways during the different stages of life, the only way to grow as a human being is to Embrace “Change”, Not Fear It – It’s Never Too Late to Change, especially if it’s For The “Better” !!!

 

 

Eva Gonos Mocon – B.A Honours Kinesiology, Bachelors in Education.
www.yrdsb.ca/Pages/default.aspx

 

 

Have a Fantastic Day – You Deserve It !!!,

 

Nelson Beltijar
www.ThePositiveDrip.com

 

Ps.  Outside of Teaching, Eva was found giving back into the community by volunteering her Time at The North American, Central American, and Caribbean (NACAC) 2018 Track & Field Championships in Toronto, Canada

Our Canadian Olympian, Andre De Grasse, 100 metres Bronze Medalist, 200 metres Silver Medalist, and 4 * 100 metre relay Bronze Medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero, literally stopped Eva in her tracks at the NACAC Track and Field Championships 2018 in Toronto, Canada and asked her for a picture … and … Viola !!!

 

 

… The picture was taken, everyone was smiling, that’s “MY” Story and I’m stickin’ to it !!! 😉

 

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