Don`t Let Life Randomly Kick You Into

Competence Means Keeping Your Head In A Crisis, Sticking With A Task Even When It Seems Hopeless, And Improvising Good Solutions To Tough Problems When Every Second Counts. It Encompasses Ingenuity, Determination And Being Prepared For Anything.

Don`t Let Life Randomly Kick You Into The Adult You Don`t Want To Become

Early Success Is A Terrible Teacher. You're Essentially Being Rewarded For A Lack Of Preparation, So When You Find Yourself In A Situation Where You Must Prepare, You Can't Do It. You Don't Know How.

Every Single Day You're The Result Of What You Did On The Days Prior.

Still, I Also Know That Most People, Including Me, Tend To Applaud The Wrong Things: The Showy, Dramatic Record-setting Sprint Rather Than The Years Of Dogged Preparation Or The Unwavering Grace Displayed During A String Of Losses. Applause, Then, Never Bore Much Relation To The Reality Of My Life As An Astronaut, Which Was Not All About, Or Even Mostly About, Flying Around In Space.