When I was a kid my dad would burst into my room at 5:30 am each Saturday singing, "Rise and shout the cougars are out..." He would then tell me about the great day of work we had in store for us. He was so happy and so excited to move, to sweat, to build, and to create. For years I just thought he was crazy. Not just a little, but institutionally cray cray.

Somewhere along the line, it clicked for me. He finally got it through to me that work is the key to a happy life. Hard, exhausting, push-you-to-your-limits work is the one and only path to dreams becoming realities. Work is a remedy that fights off discouragement and depression. Set goals my friends, incredible and outrageous goals. Identify the work that will get you started on the path, roll up your sleeves, put on your favorite music, and get moving.