Every decision that you make has consequences. Are you making yourself better or are you making yourself worse? Are you moving forward or are you moving back? Are you making progress or are you stagnating? Every little decision you make counts. There are no shortcuts, there are no hacks. If you wanna take the easy road, I promise you it's longer and more painful than the hard road. If you set out and you say you gonna do something, do yourself a favor and don't lie to yourself. Because that is the worst thing that a individual can ever do.  You think you're lying to your peers, you think you're lying to your mother, you think you're lying to your teacher, you think you're lying to your coach, at the end of the day when you look in the mirror, you lying to you. In 10 years from now, nobody can do anything for you, that's gonna be the life that you created, not anybody else. You make your bed, you gotta lay in it. Let other people blame their parents, their bo...