Devine Juniors, Rolando Garcia and Jaden Rodriguez, are on a mission this year to teach others about their STAR event, ‘5% Mentality’. The goal of this project is to introduce the concept at Devine High School to help students build discipline and stay motivated. Rodriguez stated, “Many people abandon their goals due to procrastination, a lack of discipline, or the belief that their dreams are impossible.” The 5% Mentality helps students overcome procrastination by focusing on small, achievable daily actions that contribute to long-term success.
To keep other high school students motivated, the team started to deliver weekly motivational announcements to reinforce consistency and daily improvement. They began these in November and will continue them throughout the year during the campus morning announcements. The duo created inspirational messages to attach to the candy they threw from the Devine FCCLA float during the fall parade. They created posters to post around the high school campus so that those participating in the 5% Mentality can be reminded to keep working toward their goals. In January, the boys presented to middle school classes to help younger students start setting goals now and create the mindset to achieve them at a younger age.
Garcia and Rodriguez plan to create post-surveys for the participants to measure their progress on their goals. They are also planning to create a digital resource hub for students to track their 5% progress to keep them motivated to keep going.
FCCLA Group is Helping Others Reach Their Goals 5% at a Time
Devine FCCLA members, Jaden Rodriguez and Rolando Garcia brought their STAR event, 5% Mentality, to the Devine Fall Festival to introduce others to the concept of achieving a large goal a little at a time: give 5% each day to reach the big goal.
