The 10X Rule: The Only Difference Between Success and Failure

by Grant Cardone

An interesting thing about success is that it's like a breath of air; although your last breath of air is important, it's not nearly as important as the next one.

“Success is a journey, not a destination.” Please! When terrible economic contractions occur, everyone quickly realizes they can't eat or make house payments with cute little sayings.

“The harder I work, the luckier I get.”

There are four consistent factors in the life of the victim: (1) bad things happen to them, (2) bad things happen often, (3) they are always involved, and (4) someone or something else is always to blame.

nothing happens to me; it happens because of me

I am both the problem and the solution.

“Don't be a little bitch.”

Disciplined, consistent, and persistent actions are more of a determining factor in the creation of success than any other combination of things.

The person not taking action has to make excuses for his or her condition; this requires tremendous creativity and effort.

If you don't create new problems, then you're not taking enough action.

If You're Not First, You're Last.

other people don't know you and aren't thinking about you.

Most people make only enough effort for it to feel like work, whereas the most successful follow up every action with an obsession to see it through to a reward.

There is no failure unless you quit!

criticism precedes admiration

Excuses are never the reason for why you did or didn't do something. They're just a revision of the facts that you make up in order to help yourself feel better about what happened (or didn't).

“Nothing happens to you; it happens because of you.”