The first step before anybody else in the world believes it - is you have to believe it. There's no reason to have a plan B because it distracts from Plan A. I honestly believe that if you're focused and passionate and driven, You can achieve anything you want to achieve.

What makes you valuable? What do you bring to the world? What makes you tick? And I'll tell you right now you do not find that by studying how Jeff Bezos started Amazon and attempting to duplicate it.

The trick is to find the joy in the activity. Don’t just do it like it’s a chore to be gotten over with, or some ordeal you need to make it through. Instead, see it as a treasured activity that you get to do. Something that is a privilege to do, because not everyone gets to do this kind of work.

I realized that life is actually pretty simple. Help as many people as you can. Make as many friends as you can. Work as hard as you can. And, no matter what happens, never quit!

Success is inevitable, amidst a mysterious and winding road It is my only certainty. You might ask, how could I possibly be sure I don't have evidence or tales of victory. Not yet.

That inner voice that tells you that something is wrong with you. It made me think about all those years where I felt this sense of inadequacy, just not good enough, a deep sense of not being worthy. I still struggle with it sometimes.

Not long ago, Admiral McRaven delivered the commencement address to the MIT graduating class of 2020. I must have listened to the Admiral’s speech 5 times, loved it so much i knew i had to share it with you so full credit to Admiral McRaven and for the million little life lessons he taught me. So here we go.

If you are moving forward you are not failing. You cannot be working towards something and failing at the same time, It is impossible. You can have your ups and downs. No one will refute that . You can get knocked on your ass have moments of fear and doubt but that is growth. Not failure.

But what would have become of you? Had you taken three more steps and reached out, had you grabbed the unseen and held on.

The risk towers over and intimidates the reward. And rather than move forward we stay where we are. But this door, this opportunity, this minute is a hand extended to you - it's an ally, it's a road sign, emphasizing that yesterday doesn't define you. You’re not your past. You’re what you do from here on out.