Thoughts of the Week: January 24, 2025
Run your race.
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No matter where you are right now, you are on the starting line of *something.* A kickoff in expanding something existing, the beginning of a new venture, a new initiative, starting a new job, or maybe just a reinvention of sorts in your life.
We’re all running our own race, and while we may not always get to choose how or where we start, and the things that happen on the path—we can grab control over how we finish. Think about what you bring to the table, what skills and traits you can lean into on your approach, and what you have the capacity to do.
If you look around, it might seem like everyone is in this race together—but in truth, you are alone in this race. Only you.
Will you be tenacious and persistent? What do you feel you deserve? Do you have the courage to really go all in and chase it? Only you can answer these things, and all of life is risk. Take a moment, get yourself together, and really decide to nail this thing.
Time to run your own race.
Be relentless.
1. Be results-oriented and see how you’ll fly.
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3. Focus up and cut the excess.
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