We remain young to the degree that our ambitions are greater than our memories. - Dan Sullivan

You embrace “failing” (i.e., learning) because you’re actively converting every experience into learning and growth — GAINS.

When you choose freedom over security, then you embrace a life where you choose exactly what you want, rather than vying for what you think you need.

When you’re in the GAP, you have an unhealthy attachment to something external. You feel you need something outside of yourself in order to be whole and happy. You need to have a million dollars. You need that person’s approval. You need that position or promotion. You need to be a particular size or shape or to look a certain way. When you’re driven by need, rather than want, you have an urgency and desperation to fulfill that need. The problem is that “needs” are unresolved internal pain, not something you can solve externally. Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, said, “All progress starts by telling the truth.