I didn’t resort to powering through. I processed through. True toughness is about navigating.

Sometimes that’s to persist. Other times it’s to quit.

Toughness is navigating the inner turmoil in order to make a good decision.

Feeling overwhelmed as you make your company-wide pitch? Tell the audience. At the start of a presentation in front of professional sports coaches and executives, I put a picture of myself as an eight-year-old playing peewee sports up on the screen and said, “This was the peak of my soccer knowledge. Everyone in this room knows more than me, so thi

If too many emails are causing you consternation, define a specific hour each day in which you’ll answer them. If grief has destroyed your motivation, give yourself permission to feel the strong emotions, binge on Netflix, but also to let go.

Or why many of us struggle to get out the door to exercise, or even do the dishes at night. We blame it on lack of will, or motivation, but the truth is when we lack a sense of control over our life, apathy naturally takes over.

In 1606, 105 men set sail aboard the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery

To gain confidence, put in the work from a place of growth, not fear. Boldness is earned, not assumed.

“If you have doubt or concern about a shot, or feel the ‘pressure’ of that shot, it’s because you haven’t practiced it enough.