FROM THE DESK OF GRANT CARDONE: Society spins around you a cocoon of average. It tells you your big plans are unlikely or too audacious. It conditions you to stay inside a box instead of breaking out of one. Society teaches your obsession is unhealthy, strange, and even freakish. It tells you to buy a cute house, have a 401 (k), drive an hour commute, and spend evenings watching TV.
STOP TONING IT DOWN AND TRADING IN YOUR BIG DREAMS FOR AVERAGE
Society has taught you your goals are unattainable and you’ve bought in to it. Do you just want out of life a steady job, respect of your peers, and a little nest egg for retirement—or do you secretly want to become massively successful? Personally, I want my cake and to eat it too. Why would I want cake if I can’t eat it?
For me, success has never been about just one thing or one achievement. I have always wanted a lot of things. Success in my view is about being great at many things—and I suspect the same is true for you. I’m not satisfied with just having a lot of money, I want it all: health, wealth, family, love, recreation, community, and time to enjoy everything.
WHY SETTLE FOR ONE COLOR WHEN I CAN HAVE THE WHOLE RAINBOW?
Society teaches you that you can’t have it all and that you must have balance. Society labels people. People who are obsessed become outliers and freaks. Do you know what’s strange? Why is it considered normal to settle for a life of mediocrity? Studies by Bankrate.com suggest that somewhere between 62 percent and 76 percent of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Average is a failing formula. People fail because of how they think.
You must rid yourself of these society spine, average think and get obsessed. If you want a fire, you’ll need some wood. That car of yours sitting in the garage needs gas. Your computer needs electricity. The same is true with your dreams—you’ve got to have fuel. The best fuel to help you get obsessed is your dreams and your purposes throughout your life.
Maybe today you are just about money. Well, good. Go and get that right. Or maybe you don’t care about money right now and just want to help people. Then go and get that right. When clarifying what you should be obsessed with, the following should be true…
