Thanks to the folks at The Action and Ambition Podcast (see on Entrepreneur.com) for this lovely conversation.. Click HERE to listen now. It often takes what feels like a superhuman effort to focus on what you want to create in the world, especially when you are at your lowest, but even the smallest step in the right direction makes such a huge difference.

Look at the stories you’re telling yourself today – about yourself, your life, your work, your family – and see if they are really the words you want to be telling yourself today. We all have challenges, and pain, and yes, we have to face certain difficult realities through our lives, but we are the product not just of our circumstances, but what we DO with them. Write the story you want to live today.