Self Discovery

The last person to hold you accountable is you yourself. If you allow others to tell you your worth, you will have given up on yourself.

This act of choosing — the stories we tell versus the stories we leave out — will reverberate across the rest of your life.

If you calm down, you will know what your instincts are telling you and you'll know which way, right or wrong, that you must proceed.

I could do things my way, even if that was a way that no one had ever done before or would ever care to do again. It was valid and unique and ultimately viable.

Just please be honest with yourself about what you think and how you feel about all of that, what you like and dislike, what angers you or scares you or saddens you or inspires you, or delights you. Those feelings are called your instincts, and you ignore them at your own peril.

Knowing who you are is the compass that will help guide you to unexpected opportunity or when a setback blows your way. Knowing who you are is the centerboard that will help steady you when you're afraid you may capsize.

Your conscience shouts, 'here's what you should do,' while your intuition whispers, 'here's what you could do.' Listen to that voice that tells you what you could do. Nothing will define your character more than that.

You are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. Like a muscle, you can build it up, draw on it when you need it. In that process, you will figure out who you really are — and you just might become the very best version of yourself.

When life tells you no, ask yourself honestly, 'What am I capable of?' And once you know the answer, don't be afraid to let everyone else know it too.

The moment you focus on that, you vacate your own soul.

You need to raise your expectations of yourself.

Don't build your life around the expectations of others.