When Your Best Is Not Enough

Don't give up!  That's the easy way out.  It's an excuse.  "I gave it my best, it didn't work, time to raise the white flag."

Sound familiar?  We've all said it.  No one likes admitting that our best is not enough.  But in competitive win or lose scenarios, someone has to win, and the other "loses".  How you accept the loss is up to you.

If you see loss as feedback, as research, as an outline for improvement, you're on your way.  Loss is inevitable, defeat is a choice.

When your best is not enough, keep practicing, keep innovating, keep the momentum moving forward.  Success will happen.  Your best will get better.  Your bar will be higher. You will master your art.  You will share it with the world.  Because your best is always enough.  Only, it's our decision to stop giving it, or to keep the momentum moving forward.

An Open Mind

Wipe the crust from your eyes.
See the world not how others fantasize, but have the courage to see the truth.
Keep an open mind.

The best moments are here now, every day is an opportunity to seek what you desire. Take responsibility for your actions, victories, failures, mistakes.

Own your life.  It is the most precious gift we are given. It is too fragile to pass responsibility to others.  Keep an open mind and an open heart.

Open your eyes, your nose, your ears.  Socrates famously said, "If there is one thing I know, it is that I know nothing."

Open your mind.