When I mentored the billionaires and the elite athletes and the movement makers, almost every one of these people has one thing in common, they love to grow. Einstein said, “Never lose your holy curiosity.”
And these people are incredibly curious. They have never lost the sparkle in their eyes. These people love to learn. They read books, they go to conferences, and they have mentors. They are always looking to tear down their winning formula so they can build up an even better one. And that’s really important.
You never want to rest on your laurels. You never want to start stagnating. The thing about a ship that stays in the harbor, yes, it never gets banged up, but that’s not what ships are built for. They’re built to go out into the blue ocean of possibility. And so the moment you start clinging to your safe harbor because you’re so successful, that’s the beginning of the end, because you will stop growing, you’ll stop practicing this habit of outlearning the competition.
You always really do want to maintain that white belt mentality, where you’re always thinking like a beginner. Because the thing about a master is, she never thinks she’s a master, she always thinks she’s a beginner. So keep on learning every day, keep on journaling every day, keep on reading every day, keep on testing out new possibilities through new actions. And yes, that means you’re going to fail a lot, but failure is the price of greatness. Failing a lot is just part of the highway to world-class performance.
Failing a lot, it’s part of the process, and you’ve got to fall in love with the process. And so stumbling is a method to become stronger, wiser, more knowledgeable, more skilled. You want to keep on failing a lot. You want to keep on making brilliant mistakes. That will help you so much.