I recently heard someone say,

it's not about doing your best.

It's about doing what's required.

Are they different?

Very.

Here's my take.

Doing your best has an emotional component attached to it.

It's subjective.

What exactly is your best?

Well, it's a story that you tell yourself.

A narrative, opening the door to limitation.

I've always found that when we put our backs against the wall and venture into scenarios

where it's essential that we get something done, we somehow always find a way.

When we leave no plan B for ourselves, we are required to make Plan A work. And so we do. It's a testament to both

the resilience and power contained in the human spirit, as well as the reality that we can

astound ourselves when we're unwilling to take no for an answer.

That it's not the resources that are the problem. It's usually our unwillingness to move forward

into the dark, our hesitance to try, explore, test, build, and rebuild. Actions that are surprisingly unrelated to one's best

and have everything to do with accepting nothing less than an identified outcome.

One of the reasons I fell in love with the sport of running is because it reinforced this notion in my life.

It became the template with which I could repeatedly amaze myself.

I talk a lot about earning confidence, and oh, how I earned it.

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