Be Obsessed Or Be Average: Why Work-Life Balance is for Losers

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But Grant Cardone looks back at you after having been temporarily distracted, disapprovingly, and slowly shakes his head and says, with disappointment, "No. I am a NY Times Best Selling Author, internationally-recognized Sales Training Expert, Business Coach, and the Founder and CEO of 3 businesses: Cardone Training Technologies, Cardone Group, and Twin Capital Management.

Thats why they'll always try to protect you rather than encourage you to go ahead and explore different avenues. The advice is vague, but passionately delivered, so you will feel pumped about gaining success and money but not really know how to go about it. He reclaimed his obsession with wanting to be a business rock star, a huge philanthropist, live in a mansion, even own an airplane. as long as you marry someone who doesn't mind that "date night" is actually for four or more people and is used to network. I was having a medical checkup recently, and as the doctor started to check my blood pressure, she launched into a lecture: “You know, people like you tend to be under a lot of stress.Asked myself some really good questions as a result of reading it and plan to read it again in the future. You’ll discover why shooting for the moon, even if you fail, is much better than settling for mediocrity. But it does mean that your life is unlikely to leave an impact on the world and that you’ll never reach your full potential. I've been a follower of Grant Cardone for around 18 months and in that time have read 10X Rule, Sell or Be Sold and If You're Not First You're Last. There is the danger of failure, but the obsessed mind is driven by the prospect of failure, not hindered by it.

That doesn’t mean that your life is wildly unhappy or that you’re destined to slog through every day going, “Oh, woe is me, I’m just so average. It will make you aware of the haters and the naysayers; by the way, Grant points out the difference between the two, and how naysayers are worse than haters. Written for anyone who wants to maximize their full potential and seize the day, Be Obsessed or Be Average (2016) is your handbook for becoming the best. Whether you intend to bake cakes for a living or you want to throw yourself into developing your passion project, one thing is true: you need to set some goals.

Cardone uses his massive 15 million plus following to give back via his Grant Cardone Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring underprivileged and troubled youth in financial literacy. I listened each morning as I got ready for work (I work freelance from home) and each day I have gone to work and pushed myself harder and further than I ever dreamed I would.

All the others are must reads too, but in this one you can't fail to be inspired by the guys energy and passion. So, now that we’ve considered the difference between being obsessed and being average, it’s time to learn more about putting those obsessions into practice. While I do understand that we need to try to get away from negative people, it is so easy and fun to dwell in the hateful troll basement. This is the voice of the naysayer who needs to make sense of not doing, who needs to defend their right to be average.Positive obsessions have purpose, and provide reasons for doing something, or even reasons to exist. As the book goes on, the theme focuses more on entrepreneurial aspects, which is fine, just not my favorite bit of reading.

All you know is that it sounds like it could cause cardiac or respiratory issues, or require a lot of cocaine. In addition to speaking internationally to individuals, companies, and industry leaders on sales effectiveness, negotiating strategies, business development and business expansion, I am a regular contributor to networks including, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, Huffington Post, Business Week’s Business Exchange, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Reuters, CNBC, Today Show and over 600 radio shows. A job interviewee has to sell their skills, an executive presenting the board with an innovative new direction needs to sell the wisdom of such an option, and a long-time employee asking for a raise needs to sell their value to the company. Good leadership requires control, and by controlling the process, results will be controlled as well. The nay sayers are trying to protect themselves from being reminded that they've relegated themselves to average.While the author is certainly animated and has a lot to say, his advice could have been condensed into three chapters at most. Had an issue where I didn't receive access to the purchased item for a few weeks, so haven't started the program yet. I was so lost that I was starting to look to horoscopes for direction and guidance that might determine my future. Put simply, being obsessed just means that you are fierce and passionate in the way you chase your dreams.