hi friends
i’m currently in japan learning to ski, and i’ve spent every day eating shit. i’m forcing myself to keep going though, because:
a) i am stubborn
b) i refuse to let ‘giving up’ be part of my identity
as breaks from work and life usually do, it’s had me reflecting a little.
last year i:
got made redundant
started my own startup
shut that startup down
and i’m still okay.
here’s why.
losers have more in common with winners than the people who never step onto the field.
even if you lost, you still had the courage to try. you chose uncertainty over comfort. you risked embarrassment, judgement and failure and you moved anyway.
what you learn in the trenches expands your surface area for luck. when opportunity strikes down the track, it recognises the person who showed up before.
winning is an endurance game. it belongs to the person who can absorb the losses without letting “loser” become their identity.
if you look closely, most successful people didn’t avoid failure. they simply stayed in the game longer. they kept starting. they kept rebuilding. they kept going when it would have felt safer to retreat.
the sidelines are safe. sometimes you need to rest there and catch your breath.
but nothing grows there.
‘till next time,
larissa x
