Ben Coffee

"Decide the type of person you want to be.

Prove it to yourself with small wins."

"Compete externally and you compare.

Compete internally and you improve."

Try to disprove your best loved ideas

We don’t have to hold supreme power to be supremely powerful. We don’t have to ‘wear the purple,’ as they said of the emperor, to stand out. No, we just have to show up. Do a great job. Hold ourselves to high standards. We don’t need to be honored to be honorable. That’s not something the position gives, it’s something we give the position.

"Surround yourself with people who have the same goals as you. Rise together."

"Make a mistake? Release the guilt, remember the lesson."

Most of the time, you don't need more information. You need more courage.

"You'll probably surprise yourself with what you can accomplish—if you're focused on one thing.

You'll probably frustrate yourself with what you fail to accomplish—if you're doing 5 or 7 or 10 things.

Nobody performs well when stretched in a half dozen directions."

"Move toward the next thing, not away from the last thing.

Same direction. Completely different energy."

You have to accept there is no right answer, there is no one who has all the answers.

It’a a tough choice...but then again, that’s what being a parent is, making tough choices.