Do Better.
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”
- Maya Angelou
This one resonates differently in the 4th Quarter.
When we look back, it’s easy to judge our past decisions:
the jobs we stayed in too long,
the risks we didn’t take,
or the times we didn’t speak up.
But, the truth is that we were doing the best we could with what we knew at the time.
That’s not an excuse.
It’s a challenge.
Because once you do know better, you can’t hide from it.
You can’t pretend you didn’t learn the lesson.
You can’t go back to playing small.
After 50, we’ve lived enough to see the patterns.
We’ve learned from the mistakes.
We’ve collected wisdom.
And now the real question is:
What are you going to do with it?
Knowing better demands action.
It means reinventing.
Trying new paths.
Leading with more courage.
Choosing health over hustle.
Relationships over ego.
Purpose over comfort.
In the 4th Quarter, it’s not about rewriting the past.
It’s about using everything you know now to play a sharper, braver, more intentional game.
Because when you know better, you must do better.