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May 2 - May 29, 2020
When did hard work become a skill? It doesn’t take talent to work hard, anyone can do it. Show up, work hard, and listen. It takes a willingness to be dedicated, to improve, to be better.
Trust me: privilege is a poison unless you know how to manage it.
Cleaner Law: When you’re going through a world of pain, you never hide. You show up to work ready to go, you face adversity and your critics and those who judge you, you step into the Zone and perform at that top level when everyone is expecting you to falter. That’s being a professional.
Do the work. There is no privilege greater than the pressure to excel, and no greater reward than earning the respect and fear of others who can only stand in awe of your results.
“He’s an asshole but he’s the best at what he does.”
You’re only as good as the tools you’ve chosen, and your ability to use them to their maximum potential.
That’s a Cleaner’s talent, gathering the best possible assets, placing them exactly where they have to be, and if necessary, moving them into specific situations for his benefit.
Success and failure are 100 percent mental. One person’s idea of success might seem like a complete failure to someone else.
A Cleaner never sees failure because to him it’s never over. If something doesn’t go as planned, he instinctively looks for options to make things work a different way.
You tried your best? Or did you do your best? Huge difference. “Well, I tried.” Okay, now tell me what you did. Do, or don’t do.
One of the hardest things to do is to change course once you’ve set your goals. You made a decision, you worked for it, you earned the payoff . . . but for whatever reason, it’s not going the way you planned. It’s not weak to recognize when it’s time to shift directions. It’s weak to refuse to consider other options and fail at everything because you couldn’t adapt to anything.
That’s the relentless pursuit of excellence, always believing in your ability, demanding more of yourself than anyone else could ever ask of you.
To me, never being satisfied means being prepared for any situation, ready to adapt seamlessly without panic or fluster.
Every dream you imagine, everything you see and hear and feel in your sleep, that’s not a fantasy, that’s your deep instinct telling you it can all be real. Follow those visions and dreams and desires, and believe what you know. Only you can turn those dreams into reality. Never stop until you do.
The greatest battles you will ever fight are with yourself, and you must always be your toughest opponent. Always demand more of yourself than others demand of you. Be honest with yourself, and you’ll be able to meet every challenge with confidence and the deep belief that you are prepared for anything. Life can be complicated; the truth is not.