I want you to get excited about who you are, what you are, what you have, and what can still be for you. I want to inspire you to see that you can go far beyond where you are right now.
In 1995 I had $7 bucks in my pocket and knew two things: I’m broke as hell and one day I won’t be. You Can Achieve Anything!
Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’ll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.
I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me.
What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.
The greatest thing about tomorrow is, I will be better than I am today.
The past doesn’t define you, your present does. It’s okay to create a vision of the future because it affects your behavior in the “now,” but don’t dwell on past mistakes. Learn from them and focus those lessons in the moment. That’s where change can really happen.
Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.
Successful people see adversity as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.
No matter what your current ability is, effort is what ignites that ability and turns it into accomplishment.
In a growth mindset, challenges are exciting rather than threatening. So rather than thinking, oh, I’m going to reveal my weaknesses, you say, wow, here’s a chance to grow.
What did you learn today? What mistake did you make that taught you something? What did you try hard at today?
Effort is one of those things that gives meaning to life. Effort means you care about something, that something is important to you and you are willing to work for it.
Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don’t tell you where a student could end up.
Failure is information-we label it failure, but it’s more like, ‘This didn’t work, I’m a problem solver, and I’ll try something else.’
Becoming is better than being.
What did you try hard at today?
Picture your brain forming new connections as you meet the challenge and learn. Keep on going.
You’re in charge of your mind. You can help it grow by using it in the right way.
Don’t judge. Teach. It’s a learning process.