As Theodore Vail noted, real difficulties can be overcome.

It's only the imaginary ones that are overcome.

The reason that I love that is because it is the powerful reminder.

At the end of the day, you're choosing what to believe.

At the end of the day, all those things in your head that seem like you could never

get over them.

You've made them up.

You've decided to obsessively focus on those things.

And as Oprah said, what we dwell on is who we become.

And think about that for a second.

Think about today.

Just audit your thoughts.

What did you spend your time thinking on?

Did you obsessively think about the way that things could go right?

Or did you obsessively think about the things that could go wrong?

All the myriad ways that you need to protect yourself.

And that's how it feels.

In the moment, you think I'm just planning for the worst-case scenario.

I'm thinking through all the ways that something could go wrong so that I can be prepared

for it.

Not understanding that what you're doing is focusing on all the ways that it could go

wrong.

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