The question is not, "Will I succeed?" but rather, "What should I attempt?" –James Clear

When I was in high school, I was a running phenom, reaching #1 in the nation. Then I largely failed. I never improved. Here are 9 lessons for the driven that I wish I knew when I was obsessively training and neglecting just about everything else:

It's better to be the wisest person in the room than the smartest. People prove their intelligence by showing what they know. They reveal their wisdom by integrating what everyone knows. Intelligence can be used to advance personal agendas. Wisdom guides groups to shared goals.

It’s always a leader's responsibility to connect with the people they lead, it’s not the responsibility of the people they lead to connect with the leader. True leaders don’t ask their people to join them, they go to where their people are and join them!

Nobody is consistently great. But the greats—they are great at being consistent. It’s amazing how good enough over and over and over again eventually becomes great.

"The biggest generator of long-term results is learning to do things when you don’t feel like doing them." A Tiny Thought in FS Brain food. fs.blog/brain-food/jan…

Great leaders have no interest in counter-productive communication. At all costs they avoid gossip, complaining, and dwelling on problems outside their control. The strong act, the weak chatter.

"Doing your best isn’t about the result. It’s about the preparation. It’s about the position you find yourself in before doing whatever you do. When you put yourself in the proper position, the result takes care of itself." — FS Newsletter fs.blog/brain-food/mar…

"Things you control: Your effort. Your beliefs. Your actions. Your attitude. ..." — Read the full list in the FS newsletter: fs.blog/brain-food/mar…

Win or lose tonight, victory is believing we’ve already won. ⚽️🧣 #RichmondTillWeDie #TedLasso

"Do your job. Sweat the details. Put the team first. Be attentive. Ignore the noise. Speak for yourself." A Tiny Thought in the FS newsletter fs.blog/brain-food/sep…