I used to be all about winning at everything I was involved with.
This approach has served me well in sport and in business.
But over time it has also come at a cost, mainly on my relationships.
I’ve realised that while sometimes it’s critical to win, often being a great participant is more important.
The end doesn’t always justify the means. Sometimes the means are the end.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.