It is a sad reality that your closest loved ones often view you through a lens that does not reflect reality, therefore, the advice they give to you may not reflect something you can actually implement.

As you are learning new skills, you should not be so hard in judging yourself and not stress out so much about what other people say about your progress.

For me, getting through college Calculus meant taking on a different approach to learning. Getting through college accounting meant taking an even more radical approach.

The guy I taught Calculus had a similar end goal but didn't ultimately make it. That doesn’t mean the time we spent together was not meant to be.

After failing Calculus twice in college, I took on more swing at the class with a new approach: learning fast enough to teach it to another person.

‘The Parable of the Talents,’ a story recorded in the Bible as told by Jesus Christ, is one of the greatest personal development lessons a person can take in, regardless of their stance on faith and Higher Powers.

Humans need the motivation to want to do stuff. And while loved one and certain causes are noble motivators, the best motivation always comes from within.

Over the course of your life, you are going to fail. You are expected to fall. You are supposed to fail. Until you fail (and fail enough), you will not see lasting success.

That journey of a thousand miles cannot begin without taking that first step. But it will help you reach that long destination if you consult a map first.

Too many people try to get most of their 'mentorships' from books and videos. The real lessons you learn, and the surprising amount of lessons you teach, come from live interactions with people, whether titans of industry or interns learning the ropes of the business.