Just because it’s labeled “impossible” doesn’t make it even remotely impossible.
I’ve seen the promised land, and there is good news. You can have it all.
Tomorrow becomes never. No matter how small the task, take the first step now!
The worst that could happen wasn’t crashing and burning, it was accepting terminal boredom as a tolerable status quo.
You are the author of your own life, and it’s never too late to replace the stories you tell yourself and the world.
Instead of thinking of the repercussions of an action, you should also be asking yourself, ‘what are the costs of inaction?’
Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.
Even a small amount of non-reactive planning and reflection will completely separate you from everyone else, because you are avoiding the impulse and social pressure to multitask.
It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks.
Tomorrow becomes never, no matter how small the task, take the first step now.
If I want a better-than-average career, I can’t simply ‘go with the flow’ and get it. Most people do just that: they wish for an outcome but make no intention-driven actions toward that outcome. If they would just do something most people would find that they get some version of the outcome they’re looking for. That’s been my secret. Stop wishing and start doing.
Realistic goals, goals restricted to the average ambition level, are uninspiring and will only fuel you through the first or second problem, at which point you throw in the towel. If the potential payoff is mediocre or average, so is your effort.
What are you good at? What could you be the best at? What makes you happy? What excites you? What makes you feel accomplished and good about yourself? What are you most proud of having accomplished in your life? Can you repeat this or further develop it? What do you enjoy sharing or experiencing with other people?
It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter—nothing can justify that sacrifice.
Most “superheroes” are nothing of the sort. They’re weird, neurotic creatures who do big things despite lots of self-defeating habits and self-talk.
The most fulfilled and effective people I know – world-famous creatives, billionaires, thought leaders, and more – look at their life’s journey as perhaps 25 percent finding themselves and 75 percent creating themselves.
When you try to something big it’s hard to fail completely.
To become “successful,” you have to say “yes” to a lot of experiments. To learn what you’re best at, or what you’re most passionate about, you have to throw a lot against the wall.
I encourage you to make huge, ambitious plans. Just remember that the big-beyond-belief things are accomplished when you deconstruct them into the smallest possible pieces and focus on each “moment of impact”, one step at the time.
We end up spending (as Thoreau put it) “the best part of one’s life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it.” We’d love to drop all and explore the world outside, we tell ourselves, but the time never seems right. Thus, given an unlimited amount of choices, we make none. Settling into our lives, we get so obsessed with holding on to our domestic certainties that we forget why we desired them in the first place.”
There is a direct correlation between an increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want.
You develop confidence through action, and you have to have courage first.
In a world where nobody really knows anything, you have the incredible freedom to continually reinvest yourself and forge new paths, no matter how strange. Embrace your weird self.
For a long time, I’ve known that the key to getting started down the path of being remarkable in anything is to simply act with the intention of being remarkable.
Focus on what’s in front of you, design great days to create a great life, and try not to make the same mistake twice.
Three to five billion new consumers are coming online in the next 6 years. Holy cow, that’s extraordinary. What do they need?
Don’t use skepticism as a thinly veiled excuse for inaction or remaining in your comfort zone.
Find the cause or vehicle that interests you most and make no apologies.
