According to the Cambridge Dictionary, to "go for it" means "to do anything you have to in order to get something".
1. Just Do It.
Starting off with a staple from the beloved athletic brand, Nike. Did you know they're extremely successful? You should probably listen to them!
2. Fortune favors the bold.
A Latin proverb reminds us that putting ourselves out there may lead the universe to reward us (if you believe in that type of thing). To me, this means that being bold results in favorable outcomes more often than if we were to not be so bold.
3. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
Thank you, Wayne Gretzky. I like to remind myself of this often. If you don't go to the interview, you'll never get the job. Maybe you don't think you can get it, but the only way to find out for sure is to shoot your shot — you're probably selling yourself short anyway.
4. The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you're not going to stay where you are.
Shoutout to J.P. Morgan on this one. The only way to move is forward. Do what it takes to get to your end goal.
5. If people are doubting how far you can go, go so far that you can't hear them anymore.
Here, Michele Ruiz reminds us that our haters are our biggest motivators, and you can't prove them wrong unless you just go for it!
6. You Only Live Once
This is my personal favorite. I remember in middle school my signature for my texts on my slide phone was just "YOLO" at one point. Oddly enough, 2020 has inspired me to truly embrace what I like to call, the "yolo mentality". I have also been trying to push this on all of my friends. Admittedly, I am not very good at it. But it's true! You only get one life, what are you going to do with it? When you're 80 and you look back at this time in your life will you have regrets? Or will you be grateful that you just went for it?
