and you know it you know you don't try as hard as you can you know you just make excuses as to why you're not where you want to be you know that instead of trying to do the best that you possibly can you look around at whatever when else does it says well at least i'm not them this is not about where you are relative to other people this is about where you could be where you could be if you tried as hard as you possibly can if you did everything to the highest degree that you can conceptualize none of your friends are going to try to sell you on your potential because they wanted to be a race to the bottom they don't want you to do better than them but you and i both know that you are meant for more you're not meant to be one of those people you are meant to set the bar higher for yourself than anyone else can set it for you you are meant to chase excellence in every single area of your life and you are meant to fulfill your vision of who you could be