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Over at my website - WYRRB?! - students of all ages are putting their nose to the grindstone. Why you ask? They are inquiring into one of the most important existential questions you can ask: “What’s your Red Rubber Ball?!” The boxes in these pictures are a part of the process that I engage groups with to deepen their inquiry regarding their red rubber ball?
What is that thing that you have the greatest passion for, that activity that you were born to take part in? What is your calling? What discipline seems to fit your talents like a glove? If we don’t ask these sorts of questions, we may be sentencing ourselves to spirit killing endeavors that we were “convinced” we should strive for - rather than allowing them to spring forth from our own hearts and minds.
I would also like to promote another feature at WYRRB?! which is “Red Rubber Ball Stories.” Read the stories of authors, adventurers and regular Jane’s who have found that thing. Be one of those authors who tell us their stories in order to inspire others. Use RRB Stories to inspire and be inspired! Join us at WYRRB?!
BIG shout out to Yi Shun Lai for tracking down so many great stories.
What’s your Red Rubber Ball?!
Image courtesy of Barnes & Noble
From My ESPN Blog:
WYRRB?! – A Series of Fortunate Events
From an idea to on the shelves and on the web, “What’s Your Red Rubber Ball?! discover your inspiration and chase it for a lifetime” is my latest book effort that I’ve been pursuing for over two years. Today, July 22, my second book will be released. Each time I think about my printed and bound words being easily accessible to the public, I get an oh-so-familiar visceral response. It’s a feeling of being scared and exhilarated that settles right in the deep recesses of my stomach and makes me uncontrollably lurch forward and double over. I used to get that feeling before stepping into the starting blocks at a track meet (see Track Town USA post). All sorts of madness and questions were running through my head as the release date drew closer – is it any good; did I deliver the message I wanted; will it be inspiring; will the reader “get it”; will I sell enough books to please my publisher (ESPN Books/Disney Publishing); will more than friends and family purchase it – this is a BIG worry considering that my book will be competing against more than 150,000 titles published this year.
Online book description: In a boldly designed, highly energetic book, Kevin Carroll leads readers through a series of exercises designed to help them discover their Red Rubber Ball—a dream to chase for a lifetime. With a cardboard box to be decorated, punch-out inspiration cards, a removable dream statement, and gatefold pages that can be written on, this engaging new book offers tweens and teens a fun, accessible way to think about their hopes and dreams.
So, how did I get to this point?! Well, here’s my tale of how a series of fortunate events unfolded to create this opportunity to publish another book with the Worldwide Leader In Sports. This moment is equally filled with a anxiety, exuberance, and satisfaction:
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What’s your Red Rubber Ball?!
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