Challenges worth overcoming

Vel Yanchina
2 min readNov 1, 2022

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She is on a lifelong mission to develop a mindset that takes her places beyond what she can dream about.

She believes, the path to living a meaningful life starts with overcoming oneself and finding more ways to add value in the world.

She wakes up everyday responsible for being her own good coach and good student. Responsible for teaching herself the lessons she knows so far and applying the learnings best she can.

Sometimes it works like charm and she is on a positive spiral. Sometimes the coach has a bad day, sometimes the student. Sometimes the relationship deteriorates. All the time it’s a work in progress…

She believes it’s her own responsibility to create a version of herself that empowers her to do cool stuff out in the world. It’s up to her to see her experiences in a way that best serves her growth journey.

She likes to keep reminding herself of what Theodore Roosevelt once said:

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is a chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

So she keeps an eye open for these opportunities. And so far they are everywhere.

She never wanted to be smart or confident. She cares about being wise and bold.

Smart is flat, it’s not good enough for her. Wise is deep — it’s where logic, intuition and empathy meet.

Confidence is comfort, it’s doing the same thing for a long time. She never does the same thing long enough to feel confident. Always searching for the next challenge to see if she can figure it out…

She is easily excited about what’s possible and thrives on trying on a new possibility.

She is used to feeling fear, it’s her fuel. She expects to learn about her shortcomings, and she doesn’t want to miss out on a new experience that unlocks the next and better version of herself.

The more she does the bolder she gets. Going after challenges worth overcoming is how she develops her intuition. She trusts herself that she can figure things out.

She stays humble, she is a student of herself and everyone else. She stays focused on the mission, but keeps her eyes open for the different routes to take. She listens to all who might know better, but follows her intuition. It’s what no one else has!

On a mission, armed with her intuition she carefully chooses the next challenge worth overcoming…

It feels good to be her.

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