To Succeed You Must Break From The Pack

When I was a kid I loved popcorn.

Both making it, and eating it.

Once I tried to make some, but I
couldn't find any oil.

I found some other stuff that looked
like oil, but wasn't oil.

Only I didn't find out until I'd mixed it
with the popcorn and heated it on the
fire.

Instead of getting a bowl of popcorn, I
got a gooey inedible mess.

Now, at the time, I was pretty
disappointed.

Not only did I didn't get what I wanted,
but I had a huge mess to clean up.

But at the same time, it was kind of
fun to experiment. To try and see.

Something else I used to love as a kid.

Most of the time, the results were
neutral, or good.

Sometimes they backfired. Once I
almost caught my room on fire.

Consider what your life would be like if
were impossible to be curious.

Impossible to wonder "what if."

You'd only be able to do stuff that was
"safe."

Only stuff that others had tried and
succeeded. Always be a follower, and
not a leader.

Sure, you'd never catch stuff on fire
and you wouldn't have any expected
messes, but it would be pretty boring.

Some people are happy to live a boring
life.

Some people would RATHER live a
boring life.

Think of the most magnificent thing
you'd like in life, right now.

Are you willing to make tons of goofy
mistakes in order to get there?

Because that is what it will take.

Nobody went from normal to king or
queen without plenty of mishaps along
the way.

Two steps forward and one step back.
All the way to the top.

Accepting, owning, and learning from
your mistakes is the singular most
important thing you can do.

If you are afraid to do this, you'll be
stuck right where you are.

If you're willing to mess up BIG, and
keep on rolling, you'll be fine.

After all, you're only a "failure" when
you stop moving forward.

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