#76
Rule number #76. No excuses, play like a champion. Sometimes the universe delivers a pile of pain to trudge through. It may be a test. It could be a signal to seek an easier path. Losing tends to be life's way of telling us we're off course. Not sleeping should be viewed as a canary. Listen to it. But that doesn't mean we should give up or not try - exactly the opposite. Doing our best - maximum effort - is how we sleep well at night. We have to let the rest go. Jordan led us here. Mulally professionalized it. Goggins owns it at the individual level. Fast failure is useful if and only viewed as a learning opportunity towards some potentially orthogonal or adjacent succeed. Play as if you'll win. Accept failure as a signal of learning. Turn that crank as quickly as you can, sustainably .