(Below from the book, The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson)

Your life is an Apollo rocket headed for parts yet unknown, and there is no one at the helm but you.

You are a novelist, and the story you are inventing, with its rich plot and imaginative palette of distinct and believable characters, is your life.

You are the screenwriter, director, and producer of an epic film, one that will run for years.

Like Edison, you are an inventor; like Fritjof Nansen, an explorer; like Emerson, a philosopher; like Steve Martin, an entertainer; like Lincoln, a statesman; like Wilberforce, a patient liberator.

You are all these things and more – and the fabric of the tapestry upon which you’re assembling this story is made up of tiny threads that few will ever notice as you weave them.

You may think I’m exaggerating. I’m not.
You are capable of great things.
I know this, because I’ve observed the human condition, and every soul alive is capable of great things.

Most will never achieve them or experience them. But anyone can, if they only understand how the process works.

Show up.
Show up consistently.
Show up consistently with a positive attitude.
Be prepared for and committed to the long haul.
Cultivate a burning desire backed by faith.
Be willing to pay the price.
And do the things you’ve committed to doing – even when no one else is watching.

~ Evolution of Self
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