Let’s go get it.
Welcome everyone to a new season of DI!
As the pandemic moves farther and farther into years past, the renewed energy and excitement for all the amazing things that DI does for our kids and for ourselves is growing by leaps and bounds.
Helping to mold our teams into a bunch of folks who love to learn, who don’t fear failure ( especially when trying something new ), and who embrace working hard together to achieve their goals. This is at the center of DI, but these incredible life skills don’t just happen magically. They happen because we all work together to create an environment where our kids learn and grow into these amazing humans.
So how do we do it? We do by showing the same fearlessness and willingness to learn that we are expecting our teams to demonstrate. If you’ve never done this before, then embrace the adventure! Be ready to learn lots of new things for yourself and about yourself. Been here and done this DI thing already? Then how can you make it even better this year? Each season brings so much unknown to every team, but that’s exactly the point. How will they solve the challenge? How will they actually build what’s they’ve designed? How will they manage to get it all done? Well there’s only one way to find out… just get going.
Everything we’ve ever done in our lives was once impossible to us, but look at us now. Tying our own shoes, feeding ourselves, even holding down jobs and driving cars! Learning and working hard are requirements of this DI craziness, but so are having fun and not being afraid to fail, so do your best to take it all in stride. The successes and the frustrations are part of the whole journey and part of what makes the whole adventure so exciting
There are incredible moments on the DI horizon for you and your team, but that requires you and your kids to embrace the unknown. If you’re not quite sure how, reach out to us. We are hear to help you through it all. Everything fun and exciting about DI is right there in front of you, but you will have to work for it a bit. It’s worth every second, and you’ll reap the rewards of every thing you put into it. So will your team.
We’re all in this together, so let’s go get it.
Neil McMahon, Co-regional Director, LADI Land
I found DI in 2007 when my oldest was invited to be on a team. Somehow, I wound up as a co-Team Manger that year which was a real trial by fire. Thought that first year, I fell in love with this program and continued to to have an absolute blast managing teams for the next 12 years. Since then, I have chipped in wherever I was needed as an appraiser, an official, tournament director, regional director and as a state board member. I gladly invest my time with DI as I am paid back many times over in fun, friendship and the reward of watching these kids learn, grow and flourish.
