My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

Fall down nine times, get up ten.

My advice is don't keep asking yourself if you can do something. Just get out there and do it. You can really surprise yourself.

Like riding a bike for the first time, sometimes you just have to go for it. If you keep looking forwards and maintain your momentum, it will probably go well. But if you start to doubt yourself and look back, you are more likely to suffer a major wobble followed by a crash.

The bigger the challenge, the bigger the sense of accomplishment when you get to the end of it.

A few years ago I wrote two versions of my obituary, the one I wanted and the one I was heading for. They were very different. I realized I needed to make some big changes if I was going to look back and be proud of my life. I am making those changes, and now I have a life worth living.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.