"It Is Only Up to Us"

What words can you use to describe?meeting?and hanging?out with?a legend? Humbling? Amazement? Awe??I think it's impossible for anyone in the?United States?(perhaps the world)?to not know who?George Foreman is despite your age or background.?From his boxing?days?to selling his George Foreman grill on TV, he?has become a household name?and familiar face?to us all.?

He really is a genuine, real, and caring man.?Listening to him retelling the stories of his life truly?feels?like listening to an old friend?recount lessons learned,?and?you feel?that he’s passing those lessons down in earnest to help YOU as an individual.??

George’s journey seems?to be an interesting mix of refusing to give up and having people in his life at the right time?opening doors of opportunity for him to walk through. And?the thing?about that is that?we?all have those doors of opportunity that?are?opened for us. The key to success is?whether?we walk through it.?It is all up to us, only up to us, and all about the choices we make.?

I recognize the times that?a door of opportunity was opened for me, and?I didn't walk?through. I also recognize the times when I was ill prepared to walk through that door and I screwed up pretty bad.?I own my mistakes and I know that I need to work hard to always be prepared – then show up and deliver.?

Too often we live with a victimhood mentality, we blame others for where we are, how we feel, as well as our success and failures. In the end,?if we succeed it is our fault, and if we fail it is our fault:?it is only up to us.??

It was a pleasure to have met?you,?George. Keep fighting.?

?LEIA SHILOBOD - CEO of InTech Solutions, author of Cyber Warfare: Protecting Your Business From Total Annihilation and The Three Indisputable Rules Every Manufacturer Must Know Before Purchasing Any IT Product or Service.

As a cyber security advisor and CMMC Compliance SME, Leia speaks frequently and has been heard at IT Security Conferences, Harvard, IUP, and MEP’s.

To help MSP’s get and keep their clients compliance, and internal IT to have a roadmap to functional CMMC success, Leia created the CMMC IT Documentation Toolkit: a package of functional IT Policies, Plans, and Procedures. Leia Shilobod cuts through the hype of cybercrime to provide business owners and managers with a no-frills guide to understanding the threat landscape and what to do to protect yourself and your business when, not IF you get breached.