You can’t settle for reaching other people’s limits. You have to reach yours.

getting lost is not fatal.

stuck in a hallway with a flinch behind every door.

watching days go by and asking why you

knowing what it’s going to eat. Every day, it finds food. The lion isn’t worried—it just does what it needs to do. Somewhere else, in a zoo, a caged lion sits around every day and waits for a zookeeper. The lion is comfortable. It gets to relax. It’s not worried much, either. Both of these animals are lions. Only one is a king.

When you feel the flinch, you can shut it up by talking out loud. Ask a clear, strong question: “What are you afraid of?” Say it whenever you’re avoiding the flinch; then

terrain simply because it is tough to do.

Ask yourself this: would your childhood self be proud of you, or

flinch is why you don’t do the work that matters, and why you won’t make the hard decisions. It’s why your organization isn’t competing. It’s why you don’t lead the life you want.