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Friday, November 7

Pursuing your best aways comes with trade-offs.

You will have to say no to good things.
You will have to say no to good opportunities.
You will have to say no to good people.

Not because any of them are bad, but because they aren’t right for this moment, for this pursuit, for this goal.

Most people don’t fail because they lack ability, they fail because they didn’t count the cost. They want to say yes to their new way and their old way. That tension eventually breaks them, because those two paths cannot coexist. If you let the old way hang around, it will always pull you back.

Your future demands something different from you. There are things you can no longer carry. There are habits you can no longer entertain. There are patterns you must leave behind.

Know the cost, believe in the benefit, and keep moving forward.
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Keep chopping wood. 🪵🪓

-Kevin