We're not in any danger of being unambitious. The danger now is suicide.

Roughly one in ten Americans today is depressed.

We are suffering from an epidemic of mental unwellness,

largely bred by the expectation that our lives will be stellar

when in fact they are far more likely only to be ordinary.

I was a dutiful student when I went to school and then university.

I wanted to please my parents and tick all the boxes.

But I also knew that if you did that your whole life long that would be equivalent to being dead.

Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser.

Don't let this year be like last.

And if last year was great, still don't let it be that way.

Raise the standard.

Raise your standards.

So we don't need any more reminders from General Patton or anyone else to get up and

go and be a winner.

We know that that's in our DNA now as modern human beings and

one of the things we try and do at the school of life is to say this life is imperfect.

Am I the most brilliant person that ever lived? No, but no one needs to be. Most of us are incredibly flawed. We don't really know what's going on. But that's okay. Once in a while, we make a good call.

We behave with generosity and charity towards others,

maybe even to ourselves and that's enough. The The Oh, Oh,