Have you ever been in a situation where no one thought you would succeed, except you? And maybe even in the middle of the night, when you woke up in a cold sweat, and it was just you, your thoughts, and your fears...you weren’t even sure?
When I was 21 I applied to become an Army Helicopter pilot. No one—my Mom, my Dad, my family, my dog that I didn’t even own yet—literally no one in my life—thought I could do it. My Dad, God love him, laughed when I told him what my plan was. Everyone was barking in my ear to give it up, I had no shot, and that I was nuts to even think it was a possibility.