Welcome back Brian.

Brian.

This week's lesson is about balance.

I want you to think about how your life is balanced.

In one hand, you have your ambition. your

is balanced. In one hand you have your ambition. In the other you hold your ability. Are you tipping

over to one side due to the weight? I tell my listeners to strive for their dreams, to not let their talents go to waste, to push

and claw and grab and reach for the things they want, the things they deserve. Sometimes we think ambition outweighs ability.

We apply for a job we are not yet qualified for.

We order more than we think we can eat.

We ask a beautiful person out on a date, someone we feel is far beyond ourselves, but are we overreaching?

Beauty is subjective and not an isolated attribute. Someone you see as beautiful may see themselves as perfectly normal.

They don't think poorly of themselves.

It's simply that they do not value beauty as highly as others.

And who is to say you yourself are not beautiful?

How does that old saying go?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder?

Well let me add to that. Beauty is an equation, a complication of

myriad factors that go beyond appearance, and an equation must balance.

X plus 2 equals 9. According to mathematic principles, X has to be 7. If not, then it makes no sense.

And if one thing makes no sense, why would anything make sense? Balance is an effort, yes, but it is also a state

of mind. How qualified are you really? This is the wrong question.

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