“You need not focus on your mistakes any more than necessary to learn their lessons-apply them to the problems of today. You can only live life forward.” Warren Buffett

“It’s not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.”-Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"You better live every day like your last because one day you're going to be right." Ray Charles

There are no do-overs in life, there is no reverse button, you can only live one moment at a time and you can only live it once. Dwelling on the past is a waste of emotional and psychological energy and a waste of the precious life you have left to live.

Always do your best and make every moment count, because nobody is promised tomorrow. Always doing your best increases your confidence and protects you from the pain of regret. Your best effort initially may not be that great but that’s not the point and should not be your focus. Practice makes perfect because you get better via repetition and rehearsal by doing your best at each moment in time.

Doing your best increases your self-awareness of where you are in your quest or journey and where you need to make improvements before you do your best the next time round in the next moment. Getting the results you want requires focusing your energy on how you can do better the next time rather than beating yourself up about perceived mistakes you may have made in the past. Always do your best in every moment---your life is the sum total of every individual moment in time you live. Onward and upward!

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take." Wayne Gretzky

Many people let the irrational fear of temporary failure prevent them from taking the actions necessary to accomplish their goals. Rational fear is a normal reaction to a real threat, whereas irrational fear is fear based on a perceived threat that really poses no actual danger. Temporary failure is a predictable and unavoidable part of an active life that you should welcome not fear.

Nobody can accurately predict the likelihood of accomplishing a goal they set for themselves before they actually engage and begin working on it. Regarding success, one thing is certain---your chances of success are 0% if you do nothing and your chances of success are greater than 0% if you do something.

Newton’s first law of motion states that every object will remain at rest unless compelled to change its state by the action of an external force. You must create that initial force yourself in order to accomplish anything. The spoils always go to those who actually engage and act rather than sit on the sidelines and do nothing, so get off the fence and get onto the field of play. You have a 0% chance of achieving your goals if you choose not to participate. The sooner you get started, the faster you will see results and reap rewards. Onward & upward!