There's a quote from Richard Branson that stuck with me.

He essentially says, if someone offers you an amazing opportunity,

but you don't know how to do it, say yes, and then figure it out later.

This little piece of wisdom is a key that unlocks so much opportunity in life.

I mean, it sounds simple, right?

Almost too simple, but it contains the DNA of progress and growth and achievement

because nothing meaningful in life comes with guarantees.

Life doesn't hand you certainty.

It hands you windows.

And when those windows open, hesitation is the enemy.

And let's use space travel as an example here. Let's go all the way back to 62. John F. Kennedy

standing in front of that crowd at Rice University saying, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things,

not because they are easy, but because they are hard.

Here's the thing.

When he said that, the United States had no rocket that could make the trip,

no spacecraft, no suit, no navigation system.

The roadmap did not exist, but the declaration came first.

The yes came first.

It had to.

And then the entire decade was spent figuring it out.

That one leap of faith sparked innovation that not only took humanity to the moon, but changed the world forever.

It's easy to forget that truth.

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