Good morning and welcome to the Increase Your Impact Podcasts. I'm Justin Sua, episode 1,916. Today I want to read

an excerpt from a book called Same As Ever by Morgan Howsel, one of my favorite authors,

and that this book is outstanding. But he said something that really resonated with me. He says this

quote, When you are keenly aware of your own struggles, but blind to

those of others, it's easy to assume you're missing some skill or secret others have. Everyone's

dealing with problems they don't advertise, at least until you get to know them well. Keep in mind,

keep that in mind, and you'll become more forgiving of yourself and others i think this

is really important those who know me well we talk often about not putting people on pedestals

and understanding that there's no one so smart, so strong, so powerful, so rich, so

insert whatever word that they don't have struggles and don't have problems.

No one is the guru of life and knows everything about everything and is perfect in every way.

But sometimes we'll put people on pedestals and just think they are better than they really are. We all have struggles. We all have

problems. And it's because a lot of people, most people don't advertise the struggles that they go

through. And so today, it's a simple invitation to realize and remember that everyone is going through problems.

Even those people who we respect and we regard very highly, they are struggling as well.

And they struggle in things that you might be very good at or I might be very good at.

And so it's important to remember that we're all going through our own struggles.

We all have our own battles. And I loved what Morgan said at the very end, that as you keep that in

mind, it will help you not only be more forgiving of other people, but more forgiving of yourself.

And to be able to look in the mirror and say, hey, you know what? I have problems. So do everybody else.

And it's important to accentuate the good, to learn from the bad, and to continue to get better.

But just to understand that not everyone's perfect and everyone also has gifts and skills as well that we need to highlight.

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