Book Byte #54 "The 10X Rule" by Grant Cardone
The Only Difference Between Success and Failure
📣 Curious Quotes from the Author
“A person who limits his or her potential success will limit what he or she will do to create it and keep it.”
“The 10X Rule assumes the target is never the problem. Any target attacked with the right actions in the right amounts with persistence is attainable.”
“Success must be approached from an ethical viewpoint. Success is your duty, obligation, and responsibility!”
“As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else's.”
“Until you become completely obsessed with your mission, no one will take you seriously. Until the world understands that you're not going away—that you are 100 percent committed and have complete and utter conviction and will persist in pursuing your project—you will not get the attention you need and the support you want.”
“You know, you don't need to grow old to die. I was dying at the age of 20 as a result of no direction and no purpose.”
“I suggest that you become obsessed about the things you want; otherwise, you are going to spend a lifetime being obsessed with making up excuses as to why you didn't get the life you wanted.”
“All the excuses in the world won't change one simple fact: that fear is a sign to do whatever it is you fear—and do it quickly.”
“Weak and overwhelmed individuals respond to others' success by attacking it.”
“One of the major differences between successful and unsuccessful people is that the former look for problems to resolve, whereas the latter make every attempt to avoid them.”
“Wake up! No one is going to save you. No one is going to take care of your family or your retirement. No one is going to “make things” work out for you. The only way to do so is to utilize every moment of every day at 10X levels.”
“Anyone who minimizes the importance of success to your future has given up on his or her own chances of accomplishment and is spending his or her life trying to convince others to do the same.”
“Never take the position that things just happen to you; rather, they happen because of something you did or did not do.”
“Average is a failing plan! Average doesn't work in any area of life. Anything that you give only average amounts of attention to will start to subside and will eventually cease to exist.”
“Success tends to bless those who are most committed to giving it the most attention.”
“Think about it: What's the worst thing that can happen to you if you just totally go for it?”
“The moment you start thinking someone else's gain is your loss, you limit yourself by thinking in terms of competition and shortages.”
“it is better to make something happen—good or bad—than to have it happen to you.”
“Extremely successful people know that their efforts must continue in order for them to realize new achievements. Once the hunt for a desired object or goal is abandoned, the cycle of success comes to an end.”
“Do kids benefit when they see their moms and dads losing or quitting?”
“Don't be confused by what looks like luck to you. Lucky people don't make successful people; people who completely commit themselves to success seem to get lucky in life.”
“In order to get to the next level of whatever you're doing, you must think and act in a wildly different way than you previously have been. You cannot get to the next phase of a project without a grander mind-set, more acceleration, and extra horsepower.”
📚 Cognition of the Book’s Big Idea:
The 10X rule is about adjusting your goals and focus so that you may achieve far more than you ever imagined. With a 10X attitude, you'll dream bigger, work harder, demonstrate greater devotion, and be more driven to achieve goals that were once inconceivable.
🛠️Fixing the Tech Industry
One thing we tend to be is overworked. Playing a support role in Tech means we are so good at our job and repairing the systems that run them that people feel they can just keep pushing the button on the machine faster and faster, without caring about the button itself.
But what if we pushed our own buttons, what if we over-delivered for ourselves for once? Wouldn’t that be worth it? Wouldn’t that be something?
🤝Collaborate with others with this Social Media Prompt:
What part of your life can you make a change and 10x is right now? How would that put you ahead of the rest of your competition?
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