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David Toguchi
My older brother, Rob, helped to raise me. He eventually followed my father's footsteps into the Army, and I wanted to as well, just not as a helicopter pilot.
Then, during a long road trip with Rob, he told me to pursue my true dream.
"But I'm not pilot material", I said.
Rob was done listening to my excuses. So, finally, I decided to stop making them. I gave myself permission to dream, and refocus my life around this goal—training myself to pay attention; visualizing myself in the cockpit of an Army helicopter; I even created something called a "vision board," listing my goals.