Short monologue by Kim Zoller (Wednesday's Wirings) reflecting on mentorship and the influence of the people around us. She recalls mentor Walter Haley’s phrase, "Why would you flock with turkeys when you can soar with eagles?", describes returning from an inspiring trip with like-minded people, and urges listeners to choose uplifting companions.
Have you ever told a kid in your life, whether it's your kids or someone else's kids, you know, you should be really careful about who you hang out with. Hi, I'm Kim Zoller and welcome to Wednesday's Wirings. I know that I've done that plenty, and I did it with my kids plenty, and I still do it. I had an amazing mentor named Walter Haley, and he would say, why would you flock with turkeys when you can soar with eagles? And I started thinking about that because I just got back from this amazing trip with the most incredible people. And just to be surrounded by great thinkers, great minds who are driven and who are very like minded is absolutely amazing. And it made me think about, do we think about ourselves while we're telling our kids or someone else's kids? Do we tell ourselves every day who are we soaring with? Who is around us and how is that affecting us? So it's just something to think about. I'm curious if you think about it and how you play that out in your own life. Have the very, very best day and go find some amazing eagles to soar with.
