GHOVER TM bad decisions, bad situations . .. the people and issues that stand between you and what you want. Never let anyone take that from you; even when they control the situation, they don’t control you. Ultimately, confidence is about taking chances, and never doubting the outcome. You can’t win if you can’t gamble on yourself, and you can’t gamble if you don’t believe you can win. Winning requires you to set unrealistic goals, and ex- pect to achieve them. That doesn’t mean chasing unat- tainable dreams; it means making smart, educated, and confident decisions about what you're capable of achiev- ing, When you're making those decisions and enjoying the results, life is so short; it feels as if you'll never have enough time to enjoy your wins and create new ones. But when you're stuck in one place, scared to try some- thing new and feeling trapped in a life you don’t really want, every day is endless, and the regret lasts forever. Taking chances is about embracing the darkness of the unknown. It’s about facing reality and fear and un- certainty, because wherever you're going, you're goins alone; every hazy step will be uneven, unstable, unprom ised. But as you continue to take those steps, as you get closer to Winning, you can see light in the darkness and reality through the haze, until that crazy gamble start © look like a real possibile y. Even when you're the only on€ who can see it, 72.