You Sleep When You Die

If you didn’t have a great family experience growing up … you can get back in the batter’s box and keep swinging. If you were deprived of the blessing of a good education … you can keep swinging. If you don’t have access to a lot of money … you can keep swinging. If your competition has just suckerpunched you … you can keep swinging… The only question that really matters is: Will you?

During competitions, she uses what little vision she has to focus on someone who’s running right in front of her, and then just keeps running … unless that runner gives out. At that point she finds someone new to follow… Until she passes them, too.

If you are the leader of an enterprise, people are going to be looking to you to set the standard for quality in the organization. If you set the bar low, intentionally or unintentionally, then your organization will fail. You have to set the bar high, consciously, and keep it high, if you want to succeed.

The fact that there are opportunities out there, the fact that you have talent doesn’t mean shit if you are not willing to work.

If you like Eminem, and a lot of people do, you should know what he’s rapping about here: insane commitment. “Lose Yourself” has now become more than a song. I think it’s become an anthem for a new nation — a “new world order,” just as Eminem says. If you want to become a citizen of that nation, then you can start by singing along with the chorus: “You only get one shot.”