Ed Mylett

And we spend very little time talking about the past.

And I'm blessed that many of my friends have incredible past at this stage of my life.

They could talk about the Super Bowls they won or the millions of dollars they made or the company they built and sold or the amazing family they've raised.

They spend very little time talking about the past, even when it's incredible.

They're focused in the present moment or they're looking through that windshield going to the future.

They spend very little time.

But if most of the conversations you have with the people around you are on the past, you remember this, remember that party, remember that time, remember this thing, remember that vacation, remember that time?

Maybe they compare to other people.

Maybe they gossip about other people.

Maybe they focus on what they don't have.

Maybe they are constantly reinforcing that you're enough right where you're at.

You know, that's one of the things that's frustrating to me is this notion that you're enough right where you're at.

Well, yes, you need to accept who you are, but there ought to be this part of you that's hungry to grow.

I want my friends not to accept me as I am, but to have high expectations of where I'm going.

I want them to love me as I am.

but believe I'm capable of more.

I don't want them to accept where I'm at.

I want them to love me, but not accept where I'm at.

In fact, I want them to not accept it.

I want them to expect success, expect progress from me, but love me where I am.