Leaning back in my recliner each night, staring at the ceiling, I tried to settle myself. I told myself: Life is growth. You grow or you die. WE - Phil Knight

Life is growth. You grow or you die.

Starting my own business was the only thing that made life’s other risks — marriage, Vegas, alligator wrestling — seem like sure things. But my hope was that when I failed, if I failed, I’d fail quickly, so I’d have enough time, enough years, to implement all the hard-won lessons. I wasn’t much for setting goals, but this goal kept flashing through my mind every day, until it became my internal chant: Fail fast.

How can I leave my mark on the world, I thought, unless I get out there first and see it?

Oneness — in some way, shape, or form, it’s what every person I’ve ever met has been seeking.