Good morning and welcome to the Increasing Rimpact Podcast. I'm Justin Suah episode 1,840 and today I want to read an excerpt from

Mark Andreessen who is a venture capitalist and engineer. He says this quote,

I am also continually amazed at the number of people who coast through life and don't go and seek out opportunities,

even when they know in their gut what they'd really like to do. Don't be one of those people. Life is way too short,

close quote. The reason I love that is because it struck a chord. My wife and I, we have three kids,

and one of the things that we constantly try to reinforce in our home,

is the fact that we would love our kids to swing for the fences,

to pursue opportunities, seek out opportunities, even if they're scary, especially if they're scary.

And one thing that I've learned working with some of the best performers in the world is that the odds,

the percentages of them making it to where they are, were very low right from the beginning.

And when you hear each of their stories, they have defied the odds. Yes, they had incredible talent,

but so do a lot of people have. Some people had even more talent than some of the people who make it to the NFL and the big leagues.

And because of part luck, part controllable, part aligning of the star, so to speak, they happen to be there.

One thing that was interesting is they sought these opportunities. They're willing to take a risk and go for it.

Now, is there anything in your life that you're afraid to pursue because you might fail?

What Mark and Darius say in the saying is to go for it because life is too short.

Someone told me a couple of weeks ago that the reason they pursue,

the reason they're willing to lean into uncertainty is because they always think this,

that they're going to be dead a lot longer, they're going to be, then they're going to be alive.

So why not just go for it?

And so whoever you are, wherever you are, whenever you're listening to this,

I do not know what your circumstances are, but maybe this principle, this lesson from Mark and Darius

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