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Tracy Oppermann

A Little Better Than Yesterday I don't have all the answers. I don't have a perfect life. I don't have a perfect past. I've made mistakes. I've failed. I've lost things I can never get back. But in 2019, after one of the darkest moments of my life, I made a decision. I would stop trying to become perfect. I would stop waiting until I had everything figured out. Instead, I would focus on one thing: Being a little better than I was yesterday. A better husband. A better father. A better son. A better friend. A better worker. A better person. Some days the improvement is huge. Some days it's tiny. Sometimes the victory is building a company. Sometimes the victory is apologizing when I was wrong. Sometimes the victory is simply getting out of bed and trying again. The goal isn't perfection. The goal is progress. Because life isn't built in giant leaps. It's built in small steps taken consistently over time. If we can all be a little better today than we were yesterday, eventually we'll look back and realize we've come farther than we ever imagined. Just keep showing up. Just keep learning. Just keep growing. A little better than yesterday