When you believe something is impossible, it remains impossible - until you decide to try to do it anyways
Challenge Accepted came to life after hearing a number of stories from individuals who didn't try something because of what someone else said. They were told they can't because they were not good enough, not fast enough, not smart enough, not this enough, or not that enough. The most tragic part of their stories was finding out those words of discouragement often came from their friends and family.
Today's society also aims to tell us that by our self, we are not good enough. At least we're not good enough until we have their product, and that after we have their product, everything will change. We're told we need to have the right clothes, the right appearance, the right body type, the right this and the right that.
At challenge accepted, we don't think any of that's true. More importantly, we believe the exact opposite.
When the idea of Challenge Accepted first started to come together, it was done with the intent of reaching out to those around us. We didn't want to just create something focused on the bottom line, nor did we want to create something that was impersonal and unapproachable. We wanted to create a community, a network, a hub of individuals that truly felt compelled to work with one another, inspire one another, and push one another to take on all of the challenges of life, big or small.
Because we felt passionate about the philosophy of try anyways, about not letting anyone tell us we couldn't do something, we wanted to build a company that encouraged anyone who knew the Challenge Accepted name to go out and do. Go out without fear or reservation, concern about what anyone else thought, and know that they were supported to go do those things that they wanted to do. When we let others tell us how to live our lives, we're giving them the power to dictate the outcome of our journey. We want to help empower anyone faced with that challenge to regain control of their own life, realize they have the power to succeed, and the ability to try no matter the outcome.
Through our stories and adventures, and through your stories and adventures, we want to build a community, a network, an environment where the journey is just as important as the outcome. There is no such thing as failure when you're willing to learn from the experience as you go. We want to share those experiences with you and remind you that you're not alone, you have our support, and anywhere you see the Challenge Accepted logo, you know that we're all there together.
