Everyone begins at zero. Even those who have the fortune of ‘overnight success’ had to start with a first attempt.
If yesterday represents your greatest experience ever, you need to work harder at doing something amazing today.
You will not know how good or bad your efforts can be until you try. You can not know much of anything until you try.
During recovery, don’t tell people you were sick, say you are now healing. And the process takes as long as it needs.
The only work you get credit for is visible. Unseen work is still important, but unsurprisingly, rarely celebrated.
No one climbs Everest on a whim. All big dreams start with an idea but require detailed planning before execution.
There is no forever contract. Consequences permitting, you can choose to do whatever you want for as long as you want.
Don’t fret about taking the wrong path. Any path away from a dead or dying situation might as well be the ‘right’ path.
One of the drawbacks of being a good guy is knowing to play by the rules. But that makes the wins that much sweeter.
A plan does not have to be as rigid as steel, but it is through structure that one builds a true path to freedom.