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I am where I am today only because I embraced my obsession with success.
Obsession is the missing piece, that mind-set that will allow you to apply the 10X rules in your life and business.
I had to stop focusing on where I had been and start looking toward where I wanted to go.
In my life being obsessed with success has never created problems for me. Denying my obsession is what caused me problems.
When you learn how to control and focus your obsessions, you will become a powerful and unstoppable person capable of making all your dreams a reality.
The next time someone starts labeling your obsession an illness, tell them, “I’m not afflicted, I’m gifted.” #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Your obsession is the most valuable tool you have to build the life you deserve and dream of.
What matters at first is realizing you have the capacity to be obsessed.
To have what you want in life, you must give yourself permission to throw yourself all in on your dreams. Make it clear to others that you are obsessed and that, though you would like their support, any expectations they may have of your staying where you are, settling for less than you dream, or being average will have to take a backseat.
Ask yourself, How far up can I go? How much more can I do? And most important, What do I want to become completely obsessed with that will lead to success?
Never allow anyone to tell you how well you are doing when you know can do more. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
The obsessed embrace the fact that they—and only they—are responsible for their success. You and only you can settle for less.
The obsessed embrace the fact that they—and only they—are responsible for their success. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Why settle for one color when you can have the rainbow? #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
For me success is defined as the attainment of my potential.
Those who convince you to be satisfied are either very confused or extremely dangerous. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Secretly or publicly, have you always wanted to do unbelievable things? Do you dream of doing something that will make the entire world stand up and take notice? Have you considered what it would be like if you became a household name? Or wondered what it would be like to be famous? Would you like your name to be synonymous with a breakthrough that changed the world for the better? Would you love to walk into a crowded room and have everyone know your name? Have you ever imagined what it would be like to fly in a private jet or own your own?
You deserve massive success so abundant it can’t be disrupted, taken away, diminished, or stolen. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Prepare yourself: When you commit to this obsessed thing, you will be labeled an outlier, a freak, and a weirdo. Remind yourself you aren’t the problem. The problem is the world we’ve living in.
So many in the middle class set their sights on what it takes to simply get by, instead of thrive and
prosper. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
People are lazy because it is tolerated. People accept the idea of average because their parents and peers told them it was all right to settle for less rather than become obsessed with their dreams.
If the people you see aren’t screaming success, they are validating average. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Remember: People who try to persuade you to give up are not trying to help you. They are trying to make sense of why they gave up.
People who try to persuade you to give up are not trying to help you, they’re trying to make sense of giving up. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Never take advice from a quitter. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Steve Jobs said: “I want to put a dent in the universe.” Martin Luther King Jr. said: “I have a dream. . . .” Gandhi said: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Bill Gates said: “Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” Muhammad Ali said: “I am the greatest.”
Stand up and claim your greatness. Because no matter how much concern or love another person has for you, they don’t have your dreams.
No matter how much love another has for you, they don’t have your dreams. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
There is no such thing as part-time obsession. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
There isn’t a single person we both know the name of who wasn’t obsessed. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Why am I doing what I’m doing? What’s my purpose? What is going to get me excited?
Purpose is the holy grail of the obsessed. I see purpose as a person’s reason for doing something or the reason for which someone or something even exists. It is the “why” of all whys and the fuel for your obsessions.
You don’t need to like what you do to love what you do. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Personal Interests What excites me now? What is so exciting to me that I would do anything to accomplish it? What bores me? What is the thing or things I have always wanted to do? What don’t I want to do, no matter the payoff? What do I do that causes me to forget to eat? What have I been interested in since childhood? Money Motivation What am I willing to do for no money? What would I like to do for a lot of money? If money had nothing to do with my life, what would I do with my time? What amount of money would give me the security I need? What amount of money would I need to have choices?
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Those who are really alive and who make the biggest difference know how to keep updating and refocusing their obsession as they mature, as life changes, and as opportunities come and go.
The key to tying your obsession to your purpose is to continue to set new goals for yourself. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Purpose keeps me from spending a lifetime wandering planet Earth without direction. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Goals are something you seek to achieve, whereas purpose is the reason you do something
The goals of the obsessed are always a bit out of reach. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Write your future in order to achieve it. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
The thought of reaching my potential feeds me. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Stay focused on what allows you and your business to grow, and invest no time, energy, or resources in those things and people that don’t.
I will judge myself less for coming up short than never going for it. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Wake up and go to sleep focusing on your goals. Write them down every morning and read them every night until they become a part of you. Once you internalize them, you will see everything around you as a means of achieving those goals. The moment you quit this practice, you will find yourself falling into the repetitive cycle of work without purpose.
Wake up and go to sleep with your
goals. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
The easiest way to feed your beast is to spend time learning something new or learning how to be even better at something you’re already doing. Make the super successful your mentors. Buy their books, go to their conferences, read their interviews. And turn your travel time into learning time: Load your phone with podcasts and audiobooks that you can listen to while driving to work and home.
Don’t drink the Kool-Aid—swim in it. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
Those with the smallest goals have the biggest money problems. #BeObsessed @GrantCardone
