So the thing that most people don't get is wisdom comes from pain

wisdom comes from losing wisdom comes from getting punched in the face learning the lesson

getting back up, and saying,

now that I've had that experience,

and I don't want it to happen again,

this is what I'm going to do differently.

So many people I talk to will say,

Tom, I'm trying to avoid the mistakes.

Like, what's the fast way to success?

What's the easiest way for me to get there?

And the answer is to fail as often as you can, make as many mistakes as you can, and learn the

lesson. When you do that, you have wisdom, you have maturity,

whether it's in life or relationships or business, it's all the same.

One of my mentors would say to me all the time, fail fast fail forward fast and I'd hear that

and I was always nervous like I didn't want to make mistakes I didn't I didn't want to

go out and screw up send the wrong email not win the sale you know have a have a date go sideways, but then I very quickly realized

if I'm not willing to make the mistakes, I'm shrinking the possibility of any success.

You cannot grow with abundance.

You cannot serve a large number of people.

You can't build a great business without taking swing, striking out,

getting hit, getting knocked down. I mean look I'm a

planner you're a planner. I love Mike Tyson's great line. He's like every plan is

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