If you don't allow yourself to be vulnerable,

you forfeit your greatness.

If you don't risk failure, you have no shot at being the one who makes a statement.

If you don't risk them laughing at you, You have no shot at them clapping for you.

If you don't risk trading today for a future outcome that's uncertain, you'll never know the fortune that that future help.

Yeah, being vulnerable, it's difficult. It's hard. It hurts, but it has to.

It's the ocean that separates what you have from what you want. The mountain that stands between who

you are and who you want to be. Being vulnerable, it means you stop looking at what can go wrong

and you start thinking about what can go right.

Because every question is a double-edged sword.

Do you release that song?

Because it could flop, but it will also kickstart your dream.

Do you make that first trip to the gym?

Because you'll probably look like you have no clue what you're doing but it could also lead

you to feeling better about yourself than you ever have before.

Do you apply for that promotion?

Because you could be let down.

But it could also lead to a career transformation.

Do you see the dynamic here?

Every major decision comes with risk,

and that's why people avoid making them.

Standing out, taking the road less traveled,

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