take ownership and stewardship over all of your decisions, actions, and outcomes, starting right now. Replace unnecessary blame with unwavering responsibility. Even if someone else drops that ball, ask yourself what you could have done — and, more importantly, what you can do in the future — to prevent that ball from being dropped again. While you can’t change what’s in the past, the good news is that you can change everything else.

Don’t wait to be great.” If you want your life to improve, you have to improve yourself first.

Don’t place unnecessary limitations on what you want for your life. Think bigger than you’ve allowed yourself to think up until this point. Get clear on what you truly want, condition yourself to the belief that it’s possible by focusing on and affirming it every day, and then consistently move in the direction of your vision until it becomes your reality. There is nothing to fear, because you cannot fail — only learn, grow, and become better than you’ve ever been before.