I would like to share a "Fred" in my life. In January of 2002, I started my first day of student teaching at Gahanna-Lincoln High School. I graduated high school in a class of 120 and went to a small university with an on-campus population of just a few thousand. So I was just a bit intimidated walking into a high school of over 2,300 students.
Because I arrived during bus drop off, I was forced to park in the back lot - which meant I entered the building somewhere in the back. As I entered the building, I was reminded of the crowd from a recent concert I attended. It was not chaotic, just crowded and busy.
I saw an adult and asked him how to get to the front office. He started to explain, "go down this hallway, turn right, go past the cafeteria, turn, left after the restrooms, go through the lobby..." He must have seen the gazed look in my eyes because he stopped in the middle of his explanation and said, "you know what, just follow me. I will take you there."
The Fred Factor is all about finding those small opportunities to make a big difference in the life of someone else.
Thank you Chuck Banks (@TheRealMrBanks) for being exceptional and extraordinary by walking me to the front office and engaging me in a comfortable conversation on that day.
Find your opportunity to be a "Fred" to someone else today!
