It’s not all waterslides and s’mores, folks! Here’s how to persevere through the hard times, to get back to the good ones!

The world changed for us all in March 2020, with life, and camp, and business becoming more stressful and challenging than ever before. But “what does not kill us, makes us stronger,” diamonds are formed under pressure, success comes from learning from our failures- We could go on, but you get the point.

Guess what kids, life is tough, running a camp has tremendous challenges, and the more we overcome these challenges, the stronger we become as camp directors, as leaders, and as people.

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Justin Pritikin TedTalk: https://youtu.be/1_UYVew7TEY

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