I'm a big fan of Aubrey Marcus, the founder of a new-age health and fitness company called Onnit. Specializing in healing the mind as well as strengthening the body, Onnit focuses on alternative approaches and developing supplements made from products grown in the soil, not made in a laboratory. Although I'm a daily user of Onnit's products, I'm more fascinated with Marcus' openness in his personal struggles throughout the years (which he talks about regularly on "The Aubrey Marcus Podcast"). Today, the podcast focused on healthy relationships with yourself and others, and featured Matthew Hussey, a relationships expert who dropped a ton of gold throughout the episode, including this gem that I played back a few times:
"The win is taking action, not if the action works."
The two were actually discussing sparking up conversation with strangers, but this can be extrapolated to pretty much any facet of life. We all have goals, dreams, and ambitions. But fear of failure stops most of those dreams before any action is ever taken. Rejection is painful, but I think regret is even worse. If we actually took action with the things that scared us the most, we'd probably still fail a lot. But we'd also grow a little bit stronger with every failure. The armor would grow a tiny bit thicker. And someday, the action actually will work. But only if it's taken.
So be bold, be brave, fail often, and remember, we only get one shot at this life thing. Nothing will hurt worse than the pain of regret on your deathbed.
"A Single Seed" is my attempt to get out one idea every day that I've learned or accumulated over the years, with the hope that it may stick in someone else's memory bank as well. The idea may be related to fitness, business, life, or philosophy, but I think you'll find that many can change domains if you wish them to. With each seed planted, a new life awaits.
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