If we’re being totally honest with ourselves, our best isn’t always what we say it is.

I lost count of the number of times I told myself it was the best I could do, whether it was school, relationships, friendships, work, sports… or anything else where an expectation was demanded of me. To all of it, “I did my best.”

Yet, in the back of my mind, there was a nagging voice whispering…

“You’re lying.”

The best you can do is more than just putting effort into it. It’s bringing passion, experience, connections and all the resources you can muster together.

It’s about making it blatantly obvious to others you really cared about what you were doing.

You not only cared about it being the best you can do, but about the best others can see you do.

It’s looking back on it years later and still being able to say with sincerity, “I gave what I had to make it the best I could.”

When looking at it from this perspective, it’s impossible to give everything your best. You’ll need to choose.

But when you do, the end result will be satisfying.