Optimize

Businesses are always trying to optimize their profit margins. They try to optimize their website for search engines. They try to make sure they get the most bang for their buck. Optimization is all about efficiency. It's interesting that we optimize every aspect of our professional lives, and fail to be as efficient personally. We must make sure that we maximize every opportunity. We must exhaust our resources to ensure that we are taking advantage of every situation. I believe that if we truly optimize our relationships, friendships, and personal network that we could build the impossible. We have the capability to overcome obstacles. If we truly optimize our potential, the possibilities are limitless. 

Triumph

There are 72 steps that lead to the entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I ran up those iconic steps just like Rocky training for fight. I jumped around like I just won my own heavyweight championship. I'm sure this is quite amusing for those of you who know I'm all of five feet tall, and no where near a heavyweight soaking wet with layers. The mind is an amazing thing. It can make you think you are the heavyweight champion of the world, and it can make you feel isolated and defeated. It can play tricks on you. Most athletes will tell you that training is as much mental as it physical. Victors train their mind. Triumph does not come without training. Nor does it come without trials. No matter what you are going through, it is the training ground for your triumph. 

"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."-Og Mandino