There will always be naysayers and doubters who reject you or call your goals stupid. Don't listen. If you BELIEVE you can do it, you CAN DO IT! Some will also try to mold you into what they think you should be, projecting their own insecurities onto you. No matter how much you contort yourself, it will never be enough in their eyes. Don't let them dictate your life. YOU have to be your own BIGGEST CHEERLEADER. Believe in and root for yourself, even when no one else does. Liv

If I could hand my 22-year-old self a one-sentence piece of advice, it would be this: start investing in your future today, in every sense of the word, financially, professionally, and in who you're becoming, and trust that the zigzags along the way are not a sign you're off course. They usually are the course.

Quitting can be a smart decision, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of. In her book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away, Annie Duke explores a bias most of us carry: we celebrate those who push through, and we quietly judge, or outright condemn, those who walk away. But Duke argues that quitting a course of action is sometimes the smartest way to win in the long run, whether you’re cutting your losses at the poker table or turning back on a mountain climb so you can try

Life's toughest, most difficult lessons are actually quite simple! What's more, although some of these life lessons can be extremely painful, long, and taxing, they also turn out to be extremely rewarding and even life-changing! The first life lesson is that your life is your own, and you should never feel pressured to have someone else live their life vicariously through you. The second life lesson is that you can change your life by changing your attitude and perspective