I broke my facemask three times in preseason because I was the hammer on every single rep. I was an undrafted rookie fullback fighting for a roster spot on the Dallas Cowboys. All I have ever known how to do is run through walls, break barriers, and laying the wood every time I was on the field. Here is the battle nobody saw after the game… I sat at my locker in extreme pain, with stingers, numbness, and doubts creeping in. Teammates and coaches were telling me I balled out, but I was sitting at that locker thinking: how am I going to survive this every single week? It’s only the second pre season game. The only way through was pushing past the doubt, preparing for every single rep, and telling myself: just figure it out one rep at a time. Business and entrepreneurship are continuous torture and disappointment. It is brutally hard. Nobody is doing it for you, nobody is coming to save you, and nobody hands you a win. Betting on yourself requires a violent, relentless energy to knock down doors and run right through doubt, negativity, and competition. In football, business, and life, you are either the hammer or the nail. The real test is choosing to enforce your will on the competition instead of letting them enforce theirs on you. It is 100% on you to be the hammer. And in this game, I was definitely the hammer… 🔨💪🏻