What if rather than focusing on how long something took, we focused on how far we went? - Benjamin P. Hardy

Small things — if not corrected — become big things, always.

In the book, If Life Is a Game, These Are the Rules, Cherie Carter-Scott presents 10 rules for life.64 You will receive a body. You will receive lessons — you are enrolled in a full-time informal school called “life.” There are no mistakes, only lessons. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. Learning lessons does not end — if you’re alive, that means there is still lessons to be learned. “There” is no better than “here.” Other people are merely mirrors of you — you cannot love or hate something about someone unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself. What you make of life is up to you — you have all the tools and resources you need, what you do with them is up to you. The answers to life’s questions lie within you — all you need to do is look, listen, and trust. You will forget all of this at birth.

All goals or motivations fit within two categories: approach or avoid.29,30 The reason for doing anything is either to approach something you want to happen, or to avoid something you don’t want to happen. As a rule, 80 percent of people are primarily driven by fear or avoidance, while 20 percent of people are driven by approach and courage.