As Mark Twain said, the secret to getting ahead is getting started.

Now, something I want all of you guys to really embody and really think about and really

put at the core of your existence, that step number one to accomplishing whatever it is

that you want to do is actually getting started.

And I understand, I know the thing that holds you back.

I know the thing that is absolutely paralyzing for people.

As you don't think that you have what it takes to go out and be good.

And rather than face that difficult, brutal process of growing and getting better and

quite frankly facing your inadequacies, it's easier just to sit back.

But as John Wooden said, never let me you cannot do, interfere with what you can.

There is something right now that you're capable of.

There is an innate skill inside of you that's your spark.

It's that starting point.

It's that thing that while you may not be the best in the world at it, it's a flame

that you can fan.

It's something that you can breathe life into and really begin to get good.

But first you have to understand the very nature of progress.

And that's as Stephen Covey said, you're not the product of your circumstances.

You're rather a product of your decisions.

And it's those decisions that are going to allow you to build that skill sets.

Don't worry about where you started.

Don't worry about what you already have.

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