Let's talk about the most important thing one can do while navigating the trials and tribulations of life.

The thing that, as far as I can tell, supersedes all others, the great

equalizer of human beings. One's ability to get back up.

You simply cannot defeat someone who, despite the inevitable obstacles life presents, rises to their feet again and again.

You can't take someone down who molds the adversity they face into armor they wear.

No, those people are gods of their own worlds.

They are immune to the shackles that hold most back.

See, the world is unpredictable.

It's challenging.

Often it takes everything we have, right?

Even the most planful and most prepared or at some point taken down.

Even the most skilled will, at some some point find themselves outmatched.

There are no perfect roads and there are no flawless performances.

No one wins all the time, which implies necessarily the ones who create meaning in the world are the ones who shape it from

that chaos that surrounds them, who when brought to their knees, refused to roll over and look

at the world from their back, but instead rise with a more thoughtful, aware, focused,

deep personalized approach.

Life is not happening to you, it's happening for you.

It's not giving you problems, it's giving you building blocks.

The differentiator is some people build walls around themselves, and some build staircases to the moon.

But ultimately we are all building something.

You might ask, you know, really?

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