I recently filled out a job application. I know right!!? What the what?? It had all these questions on it, and like, I was supposed to string actual thoughts together called answers. Yikes! It was all sorts of scary and just about to be emotionally exhausting until I realized the questions were MADE for me. Or someone like me. Someone passionate about PASSION. It asked me silly things like what song would best describe my life, my favorite quote, the greatest goal I had achieved, my version of the best day. I'm not joking, all I did was refer back to my IG account and giggled about how I could answer questions like this ALL. DAY. LONG. It felt really powerful, really inspiring, and most of all it felt good to have answers as just a few years ago I would have blankly looked at the questions and thought....Goals? Achieved? A song about my life? Ummm, the Sesame Street theme??

One question in particular had me thinking long after I had hit send. It asked for an example of where I had helped lift someone from mediocrity to greatness. Wow. I had a physical response to the word mediocrity. The hairs on the back of my neck stood up. It's what I've been fighting against for a while. Status quo. Yuck!

Mediocrity. noun : a. the quality of something that is not very good: the quality or state of being mediocreb. moderate ability or value

After the hairs on my neck settled down, I thought about my journey to my version of greatness. At every turn, and every bump, and every road block, I did one thing, that I hadn't done before, that made all the difference in the world....I found people who could help me, inspire me, encourage me, teach me, and expect me to change my status quo.

The power of someone helping lift me to greatness was where I found my success.

It's true, it's kinda just that simple, it's biblical for goodness sakes, and it is life changing. When I started f{re}sh it was what I based my program on. While it looks like diet and food accountability{Put down the cookie!}, it's really about encouragement{That cookie is not your friend. You rocked your cardio, now make sure not to sabotage your hard work, stick to the diet plan}. We NEED each other. Greatness is not easy to achieve alone. In fact, its so much better with someone cheering for you directly in your little ears. And then the most fabulous things happens...your mediocrity becomes greatness, your greatness becomes success, your success becomes your story, your story becomes a tool to lift others out of status quo and before you know it, you have helped make the world a better place.

What follows are a few examples of what it looks like to encourage greatness and hard work. I find these texts inspiring everyday. It's an honor to be a part of someone's life like this. The joy, sometimes the sadness, the never giving up attitudes is where growth happens. Think about it for yourself, and then