#28: Don’t Give Up

I think it’s human nature to get discouraged when we fail to accomplish the things we want, even if we have only tried once. And that’s silly, if you think about it; nobody gets everything right the first time. I’m sure that Shaun White wasn’t pulling off sick Double McTwist 1260s the first time he strapped a snowboard to his feet.

In fact, if he’s anything like the rest of us—and I’m sure he is, as he’s only human—I bet that he came home from his first day on the slopes tired and sore, having fallen over countless times. What a waste it would be if he had allowed that to convince him to give up on snowboarding, huh?