Thoughts of the Week: June 6, 2025
What happens if you don't quit?
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Work has its challenging seasons. Have you been waiting for a breakthrough? Time to dial in.
Those seemingly perfect moments and phenomenal outcomes don’t come from great timing, or ideal conditions…They refuse to quit when things get hard. They show up, again and again, when it would be far easier not to.
That’s the edge. That’s the separator.
The ones who win big aren’t the ones who never struggled; they’re the ones who kept going anyway.
I could give you lists of clients who have had times of failure, moments where everything went wrong, when circumstances felt impossible, products flopped, and certainly times where they could have just given up.
They just refused to quit, and because they just kept driving, they landed on top of their category.
So whatever you're building, wherever you’re at…don’t stop now.
Refusing to quit is how you get exactly where you want to go.
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Such great inspiration! Consistency wins time again; Show up on the good days, show up on the hard days, show up on all the days.
Beautiful!!! Just added you to my recommendations! I know this is a long shot but I’ll ask anyway, recommend back at your own leisure but no pressure. Stay ultra 🙌