You need both knowledge and execution in moderation to get anything done. We oftentimes get stuck because we’re focusing on only one and disregarding the other. 

New year’s resolutions are fake because change is not based on a deep internal decision. We each get to be the people we want to be, and we’re all in charge of our personal choice to get there. 

When there is selfish promotion of a bad product, it hurts the brand by damaging relationships with customers. Trust is broken through marketing a sub par product.

Distrubution is a key element in business that makes all the difference. Just being  a great product company does not mean that you can whether storms like COVID or grow the way you should. 

Thankfulness and gratefulness are keys to moving forward in life and enjoying the journey. No one climbs mount Everest just to get to the summit. Enjoying the process and the journey is important. 

In life doing something halfway or settling for less is destructive. The mindset of just getting by creates pain and problems.

Being in the middle means mediocracy and destruction are normal, all the while there’s not significant pain to drive change, so the prison of the middle is hard to break out of.

When we say “yes” to do something but our heart isn’t fully in it, we end up causing division and destruction. Nobody wants a lukewarm cup of coffee. 

The things we are most afraid of keep us stuck where we don’t move forward. Fear ties us to our obstacles. 

The truth is that we already know what to do. When we submit to the path and let it show us what is required step by step, we find that there was never any benefit from living in fear and self-doubt. 

Ownership is taking full responsibility for every event or thing that occurs in your life. The goal is to do that as much as humanly possible. 

To break cycles and move forward in life, we have to go through the following steps: Think – aka plan Try – aka do something Fail – aka fall short Learn – aka gain understanding Grow – aka improve We only move as fast as we fail.