Doer of Deeds

Dean Karnazes successfully completed 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 consecutive days.
The final race was the NYC Marathon and he completed it in 3 hours.  Incredible.
This is just one of his many endurance accomplishments but it gives you an idea of what the guy is like… he’s not a quitter.

In his recent blog post, he included this Teddy Roosevelt quote about the nature of failure:
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

During tough times, we can all benefit from this mindset.
Make the world a better place.