Every successful entrepreneur. . Every professional athlete. . Every Academy Award Winner. . Every Best Selling Author. . Every Super Bowl MVP. . Every World Series Champion. . Every Nobel Peace Prize Winner. . Every great humanitarian. . Every General. . Every President. . Every single person you have ever looked up to, admired or aspired to be like.... . ...all have two main things in common: . 1. ALL of these people were: . Laughed at. . Criticized. . Told it was impossible. . Had innumerable days they felt like giving up. . 2. ALL of these people kept showing up and putting in the work regardless of the above circumstances. . So that brings the question: . What makes you think you get to skip that part? . How big does a persons ego have to be to think they gets a helicopter ride to the top of the mountain...while everyone else has to walk? 🤔 . Listen, whatever it is that has you shook, frustrated, anxious, angry, sad... . ITS NOT JUST YOU. . LITERALLY EVERYONE PURSUING ANYTHING BETTER GOES THROUGH IT. . Our egos have a way of convincing us otherwise and it’s important to recognize this as it is going on...or it can derail you completely. . Perseverance is the most important ingredient to creating greatness. . Never forget that. . If this message helped you Tag a friend to remind them...now is not the time to quit 👊🏽 . 🏎: 2006 Ford GT Heritage . 📷: @eastonchang . *All cars mine unless otherwise noted.