Chasing Excellence
Chasing Excellence

Chasing Excellence

Grace Under Risk

Daily Chase #179

Jan 08, 2026
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Photo by Braden Collum on Unsplash

In the middle of Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If,” there’s a stunning paradox: “If you can make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch and toss and lose and start again at your beginnings and never breathe a word about your loss...”

This might sound reckless, but it’s really about freedom. The freedom …

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