We spend too much time trying to be “good” when good is often merely average. To be great we must be different. And that doesn’t come from trying to … - Eric Barker

We spend too much time trying to be “good” when good is often merely average. To be great we must be different. And that doesn’t come from trying to follow society’s vision of what is best, because society doesn’t always know what it needs. More often being the best means just being the best version of you.

John Stuart Mill remarked, “That so few now dare to be eccentric, marks the chief danger of our time.

We spend too much time trying to be “good” when good is often merely average. To be great we must be different

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

You need a personal definition of success. Looking around you to see if you’re succeeding is no longer a realistic option.

And as a paper in American Psychologist showed, “Once a small win has been accomplished, forces are set in motion that favor another small win.