When Zach was here last week, he shared with me so many stories and experiences.

One in particular really impacted him and he said what he learned from it was :

“Don’t do something to see IF it works. Do something until it works”

I love the idea of not just testing something out and then waiting to see if it fails, but having the faith, belief, patience and perseverance to know that it will work if you just keep going.

Steven Pressfield has a book called “Turning Pro”. I haven’t read it yet, but I listened to a few interviews with him talking about it. Basically in it, he talks about what distinguishes a pro from an amateur. A lot has to do with the idea that pros never make excuses – they are just in it regardless. When adversity strikes (which it does), the amateur gives up, walks away or falls apart (justifying and making excuses along the way). The Pro just keeps going and doesn’t stop until they meet their goal.

Its also reminds me of what Yoda says, “Do or do not. There is no try”.

That was a common thing I would say to my kids, and I love how each one of them comes across stories or passages in books, or things other people say that reinforce a message that perhaps I had tried to teach, but they were not ready to learn – or needed it taught in a different way. I love that they have things that touch their hearts and teach them what they need to learn for themselves.