The more things he wrote down, the more confident he became that he was truly becoming a finisher. After all, he had a notebook to prove it.

Don’t let fear be your map. Do not let comfort determine where you stay. Let curiosity guide you. Let your eagerness for adventure, for diversity, for aliveness, lead you.

A folded up map, hidden away in your desk. It’s just millions of possibilities and proposes an endless journey but until you grab it, open your door and step outside, you will never truly take YOU there.

I was running away from rejection my entire life. Then I started embracing it. I turned that into a beautiful gift in my life. Don’t run. Embrace them.

Epictetus reminds us that “it’s impossible to learn that which you think you already know.”

Goals are about the results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results. - James Clear, Atomic Habits

“I will strive to be courageous; to take one step forward as I confront my fears.” - Admiral William McRaven (US Navy Retired)

Someday we’ll look back on this moment with the lessons we’ve learned, the hardships we’ve faced, and we will be reminded of the miracle that is the human spirit unwavering in it’s resolve, unbreakable at its foundation. Stronger than we could ever comprehend.

If someone wanted to continually hand Michael Jordan his salary and endorsement money they would have to do it at a rate of $2 per second.

In challenges and hardship, the struggle of adapting on the fly is paramount, and the ability to do so is characteristic of all champions. As Darwin said “it is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.”