PERMISSION

Mentally strong people give themselves permission.

Why did the Google guys come up with the 8th search engine and think theirs was special? Why did
Elizabeth Holmes think it was ok to drop out of the best school in the country to pursue a business
dream?

Why did Henry Ford, after failing twice at car companies, think it was a good idea to start a third car
company. Why did the Wright Brothers think it was ok to make a plane with spare parts from their
bicycle shop when the government was spending tens of millions?

They all gave themselves permission to do something that has never been done before.

They all gave themselves permission to have many bad ideas.

They all gave themselves permission to risk their reputation and the forked tongues of the people
who would fight them.

They gave themselves permission to slip and fall and get up and dust themselves off and try again.
And again. And again. And again.

They gave themselves permission to love something so strong that every neuron on their brain
would light up and conspire to make their dreams come true.

If you don't give yourself permission to create a new world, chances are nobody else will.