Everyone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally — it is usually not about you. - Jay Shetty

Other people can help you, but if you're not trying to understand yourself, nobody else can do it for you.

The one constant through your life is breath. All your friends, your family, the country you live in, all of that can change. Breath is with you always.” This ten-year-old monk added, “When you get stressed — what changes? Your breath. When you get angry — what changes? Your breath. We experience every emotion with the change of the breath. When you learn to navigate and manage your breath, you can navigate any situation in life.

You wanted to jump into doing at the start, but your performance will only be as strong as the learning and experimenting you did beforehand.