Ryan Leak

Yeah, like you can be an ordinary person and still make magic.

That's what resilience gives you.

And so the good news of this episode is pretty simple, actually.

If you were not born on the right side of the tracks, if you weren't born with the resources to be great, if your home was chaotic, if encouragement was scarce, if money was tight,

You are not disqualified.

If nature was not on your side, nurture can be.

So regardless if you're a blue person, a yellow person, a red person, a green person, that's a personality assessment in corporate America, by the way, and you should take it and find out what color you are.

Maybe you're an Enneagram person, okay, whether you're an Enneagram 3, 9, 6, or you took the test three times because you're not really sure.

Regardless if you're this profile person,

confused you exposed you or made you say well that explains a lot here's the deal none of those things get the final word like regardless of how you were naturally wired you have so much power to add to the wiring

Here's what I want to encourage you with.

Regardless of what nature gave you, nurture can always be chosen.

I mean, do you know the amount of things you can start nurturing today to become a better leader, better spouse, better parent, better friend, better colleague, better neighbor?

Did you know that you can nurture self-awareness?

Yeah, you can go, man, I'm not naturally a self-aware person.

By the way, most people aren't.

But you can begin asking questions to the people in your world like, hey, what's it like to be on the other side of me?

Did you know you can nurture emotional regulation?

Did you know that you can nurture curiosity?

Did you know that you can nurture work ethic?