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Grant Cardone

Be obsessed or be average

To achieve anything great, you must be completely obsessed with your goals. Obsession fuels focus, persistence, and determination. It is more important than strategy or competition. Being average and playing it safe leads nowhere. Embrace obsession to realize your full potential. Harness it to attract talent, inspire others, and make your mark on the world. Let your obsession drive you to build the life you dream of. It is your most valuable tool for success.

Be obsessed or be average
Be obsessed or be average

book.chapter The essence of obsession

To achieve what you desire in life, you must at some point allow yourself to develop an intense focus bordering on obsession. Obsession refers to fully committing to making your dreams happen no matter what obstacles arise. When obsessed, you signal to others your refusal to be average and your intent to carry your goals through to completion. Obsession drives achievement. Highly successful people in every field approach their work with tremendous passion, not casually. To establish lofty goals and then reach them requires utmost fixation on your objectives to the exclusion of distractions. Obsession means devoting your complete energy toward a purpose. It emerges when you permit yourself to passionately pursue your aspirations. By deciding to become exceptional in your domain, you take on challenges others find too demanding. Your efforts intensify and your work consumes you. Despite misperceptions, obsession enables productivity, not neurosis. When committed to excelling, expect initial suggestions to moderate your intensity. Disregard this well-meaning advice. Defend your right to realize your potential. Obsession shows self-responsibility for success. As you accomplish more, your concept of achievement expands further. Average thinking makes excuses for not actualizing dreams. The obsessed take action to transform reality. Visionaries like Steve Jobs, Martin Luther King, Muhammad Ali, and Gandhi obsessed over their world-changing ambitions. Despite lacking superpowers, their wholehearted dedication led them to shape history. In any industry, obsession remains essential for monumental success. Mere desire falls short. Reaching the apex requires fanatical commitment, not balance. Stay focused on your purpose to maintain constructive obsession. Ask yourself why you act and what you want to achieve. Clarify your motivations around contributing meaningfully. Write down evolving goals daily by hand to reinforce intentions. Represent your future to manifest it. Outsized objectives that presently seem unattainable impel you forward. Once you identify your purpose, stop sabotaging yourself and allow obsession with your aspirations to guide you.

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