“We didn’t pick you.”

What happens when we don’t get picked?

Usually, we feel bad about ourselves. We experience self-doubt. We second-guess our worth.

None of that is useful, of course.

What’s quite important, however, is what happens after we don’t get picked.

It’s that transition where we decide to do amazing work anyway.

The moment when we pick ourselves ... like we’ve done before, and like we’ll do again.

After all, our lives aren’t about getting picked; they’re about the art we create. The changes we seek to make. The passions that drive us.

Getting picked never played the lead role.