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June 9 - June 26, 2021
In real life, being relentless is a state of mind that can give you the strength to achieve, to survive, to overcome, to be strong when others are not. It means craving the end result so intensely that the work becomes irrelevant. Not just in sports, but in everything you do.
mental toughness and steely focus of those who never give up, never say “enough,”
“I’m not done yet,” he said. That is a Cleaner. You don’t have to love the hard work; you just have to crave the end result.
And as soon as that second championship was his, he immediately said: I’m going to come back a better player. Still not satisfied. That is a Cleaner.
you can’t keep improving if you fear others will disapprove of what you’re doing.
truly have what you want in your life, you must stop waiting be told what to do and how to do it.
Tell yourself what to do, and stop waiting for others to lay it all out.
You just need to share their relentless drive for the end result. And let nothing stand in your way of achieving it.
He flew two thousand miles to hear these two words: Don’t think. You already know what you have to do, and you know how to do it. What’s stopping you?
Most people are willing to settle for “good enough.” But if you want to be unstoppable, those words mean nothing to you.
Being the best means engineering your life so you never stop until you get what you want, and then you keep going until you get what’s next. And then you go for even more. Relentless.
addiction to success; it defines your entire life. If that doesn’t describe you yet, congratulations: you are on a life-changing journey to discover the power you already possess.
Wanting something won’t get you anywhere.
Everything you need to be great is already inside you. All your ambitions and secrets, your darkest dreams . . . they’re waiting for you to just let go.
But if you don’t make a choice, the choice will be made for you.
Decide. Commit. Act. Succeed. Repeat.
Being relentless means demanding more of yourself than anyone else could ever demand of you, knowing that every time you stop, you can still do more. You must do more.
The minute your mind thinks, “Done,” your instincts say, “Next.”
I’m going to show you how to stop thinking about how you’re going to think, and do something instead.
Yes baby
Success isn’t the same as talent. The world is full of incredibly talented people who never succeed at anything.
facing the truth, and getting rid of the excuses that stand between you and your goals, no matter how complex and unattainable they may seem, no matter how many people tell you it can’t be done. It
People don’t change. I want you to trust who you already are, and get to that Zone where you can shut out all the noise, all the negativity and fear and distractions and lies, and achieve whatever you want, in whatever you do.
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From this point, your strategy is to make everyone else get on your level; you’re not going down to theirs. You’re not competing with anyone else, ever again. They’re going to have to compete with you. From now on, the end result is all that matters.
That’s how great teams lose: the leader doesn’t show up.
You want to be the best? Then you ignore the pain and the exhaustion and the pressure to please everyone else.
If he wanted to be more than a legend, if he was truly going to become an icon, he would also need to take his body to the ultimate level, and he was willing to do whatever was necessary to make that happen.
He gave me thirty days. I stayed for fifteen years.
Amazing kaiyak
We never saw obstacles or problems, we only saw situations in need of solutions.
Whatever’s in your glass, empty it right now, and let me refill it from scratch.
I don’t believe in long, windy pep talks or speeches; anything that requires a long explanation probably isn’t the truth.
“In order to have what you really want, you must first be who you really are.”
Being relentless means never being satisfied. It means creating new goals every time you reach your personal best. If you’re good, it means you don’t stop until you’re great. If you’re great, it means you fight until you’re unstoppable. It means becoming a Cleaner.
Greatness makes you a legend; being the best makes you an icon. If you want to be great, deliver the unexpected. If you want to be the best, deliver a miracle.
Never satisfied, never content, always pushing higher and higher. That’s a Cleaner.
That’s what champions do; they put people in place to get results and make everyone else around them look better.
A Cleaner’s attitude can be summed up in three words: I own this.
These are the most driven individuals you’ll ever know, with an unmatched genius for what they do: they don’t just perform a job, they reinvent it. I own this.
A true Cleaner never tells you what he’s doing or what he’s planning. You find out after the job is complete. And by the time you realize what he’s accomplished, he’s already moved on to the next challenge.
Think about the custodian who quietly works alone, late at night. He calls no attention to himself, no one sees him work, no one knows what he does, but the job always gets done.
He never sees problems, only situations to
when he finds the solution, he doesn’t waste time explaining it. He just says, “I got this.”
the one thing that defines and separates him from any other competitor: He’s addicted to the exquisite rush of success. His lust for it is so powerful, the craving is so intense, that he’ll alter his entire life to get
Cleaners understand they don’t have to love the work to be successful; they just have to be relentless about achieving it, and everything else in between is a diversion and a distraction from the ultimate prize.
To a business owner, it’s the time away from home and family, sacrificing a personal life for professional gain.
That’s why you see highly charged athletes, coaches, CEOs, and other extremely intense and driven individuals step away once they become the best of the best; the pressure to go even higher becomes too consuming.
All that matters is the end result, not the instant gratification along the way.
But if you want to be the very best of the best, it’s the details that make the difference.
You make decisions, not suggestions; you know the answer while everyone else is still asking questions.
#1. You don’t have to love the work, but you’re addicted to the results.
