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“A college kid once asked me how he’d make it in life. We were in the gym and I knew that he was strong, so I asked him to demonstrate a heavy barbell squat. He went to load on 445 pounds and prepared to lift. He dropped to the floor and then he engaged, finding strength to stand it back up. I told him - I’ve seen enough to know that life is pretty similar. One action always happens, weight will bear down on you. You’re to hope for one of two reactions. You either find the strength to stand it back up. Or someone will come to your aid when you don’t have the energy to stand up on your own. You must be strong enough to keep standing up. But even strength has its limits. If you want to make it up, you will need the help of others.”

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Never outnumbered, never overwhelmed. Recently, I had a conversation with a college kid that I used to mentor. He felt it was always him against the world. He said that he could “never win because it always felt like there were so many that wanted him to fail”. I grew up feeling that same way and I still have occasions where I revert back to this, “I can never win” mentality. So, I could relate to his struggle. Sad but true. The message that I relayed to him, however, was far from sad: It’s not you against the world. No one is ever outnumbered or overwhelmed. If you can’t find someone to your left side, right side, or behind you, you’re not done looking. There’s two important directions left that people seldom seem to search out. You can look upwards and you can look within. Like I told this young man, everything that you need to overcome anything is found in these two places. 

Never outnumbered, never overwhelmed. Recently, I had a conversation with a college kid that I used to mentor. He felt it was always him against the world. He said that he could “never win because it always felt like there were so many that wanted him to fail”. I grew up feeling that same way and I still have occasions where I revert back to this, “I can never win” mentality. So, I could relate to his struggle. Sad but true. The message that I relayed to him, however, was far from sad:

It’s not you against the world. No one is ever outnumbered or overwhelmed. If you can’t find someone to your left side, right side, or behind you, you’re not done looking. There’s two important directions left that people seldom seem to search out. You can look upwards and you can look within. Like I told this young man, everything that you need to overcome anything is found in these two places. 

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