I love this quotation.

It’s powerful in its simplicity while offering an indisputable reason for you to keep trying … NOT to keep thinking you can’t do it after a few failures.

What more can I say? Repeat this to yourself every time you stumble and your spirits and determination will be uplifted. Children eventually learn to walk no matter how many times they fall.

Have a wonderful July 4th holiday with family and friends.

I know you’ve heard this concept, often from me, probably from others.

Most of us have attempted something on our own that fell short … maybe you didn’t think you had time to build a team … maybe you were determined you didn’t need any help … but when that attempt went south, I’m sure that somewhere in the deep recesses of your brain, you thought … “I shouldn’t have tried this on my own.”

Start building … coaching … leading your team now. You’ll never look back.

When you do that, you’ll see the wisdom of this mantra:

Stay ready … so you don’t have to get ready.

I think we’ve heard this in much simpler terms … something like “he who hesitates is lost” or words to that effect.

I prefer this more elegant phrasing which dramatizes both the elation and exhaustion that arrives just as we’re nearing the finish line. We’re tired of the race … or just plain tired … and figure we’re almost there so, hey, let’s catch our breath.

Sports is a metaphorical gold mine for this syndrome. How many likely winners failed in the last minutes, ran out of steam … and lost a game or race they should have won?

Winston Churchill added this riff at the end of all of his wartime correspondence during World War II:

KBO

Keep Buggering On.

Still good advice, huh?

Grab the gold ring first.

Then … and only then … sit down and enjoy the victory.