Who is Jeremy Lin? What is Lin-sanity? Here he is below:
*Graduated Palo Alto High School in Palo Alto, CA and attended Harvard University.
*Not drafted in the 2010 NBA draft, he played for the Golden State Warriors and Houston Rockets. Both teams released him.
*The New York Knicks signed the 6-foot-3 point guard in December and had been a bench player.
*Lin became the first American born Chinese or Taiwanese descent to start on Saturday February 4.
*The Knicks have won five straight since Lin started. Lin scored a total of 109 points, and 89 in his first three games which is the highest total for any player since the NBA-ABA merger in 1976.
* Lin has over 220,000 Twitter followers, as of this blog post.
We experience moments we overlook greatness and excellent. Sometimes a piece of paper documenting a person’s potential is not telling the entire story. Maybe the story is twisting and distorting the truth. It’s natural we seek people with past experience, high grade point averages in school, and/or knowledge in many skills. We want people who can do it now instead of starting from the beginning and training people. It’s a common catch-22 in life: how can people gain experience, learn from their mistakes, and acquire skills if we aren’t given the opportunity?
Lin’s high school coach was quoted saying, “We know what he can do and other people aren’t seeing it. Nobody game him a chance.” Average people can reach the sky for superior success. It takes hard work, practice, learning from your mistakes, and improving continuously. Timing and luck are important, too. Give that person a start. Give that person an opportunity. There is hidden talent everywhere. Thank you Jeremy Lin for reminding us hidden talent is everywhere.
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