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Hard Work, Grit, and the Desire to do the Right Thing can get you far in life.  Win or Lose, you can be proud to be THE MAN IN THE AREA and to have put your best efforts forward for a greater cause.

Theodore Roosevelt put it best in his “Citizenship in a Republic” speech of 1910.

“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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; 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 fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Especially in this day and age, it is too easy to stand on the sidelines, point your fingers, and criticize those who are trying to move the needle.  We see it at work, in politics, and in families. Don’t be that person. Take the risks that need to be taken for the greater good. Fight the battles that matter.