Sometimes I find myself holding onto this book for dear life and reading the passages over and over again. It’s become my personal bible. And it’s times like right now that I am so grateful to Steve Young for writing this book.

There comes a time in life’s journey when you’re trying to manifest something/build a business/advance your career/make art/write a book/raise a decent kid/be a good partner and all of a sudden you find yourself at what I like to refer to as “the uphill portion of the journey.” Here are a few observations I’ve made about the uphill:

1. It sucks. Plain and simple. There’s nothing fun about it.

2. It’s rough terrain and you’re probably not wearing the right shoes so you continually feel as though you’re going to fall into the abyss.

3. You will need the emotional endurance of a team of sled dogs to get through it.

4. You will need faith: in yourself and your vision.

5. There will be crying. Lots of it.

Unfortunately, many people misinterpret the uphill as failure and give up too soon.

If you are toying with giving up I urge you to read Great Failures of the Extremely Successful.

Thank you Steve, for letting us in on the struggles behind the success and for telling the world that there’s no such thing as an overnight sensation.