1. 1-Sentence-Summary:
1.1. Be Obsessed Or Be Average motivates you to get your heart into your work and live up to your true potential by identifying the thinking patterns and work habits of the passionate, successful, and driven Grant Cardone.
2. Favorite quote from the author:
2.1. "Your greatness is limited only by the investments you make in yourself." - Grant Cardone
3. 3 lessons:
3.1. You can have greater energy and better balance if you become obsessed.
3.1.1. Nobody’s immune to fatigue, but is there a way to generate energy instead of always lacking it?
3.1.2. When you’re starting to feel burnt out you have two choices
3.1.2.1. You can either take a break or get obsessed.
3.1.2.2. If you want to be average, you can just relax.
3.1.2.3. But if you want to be extraordinary you’ve got to unleash the power of obsession.
3.1.3. If you do this right, your work will begin to energize you instead of exhausting you.
3.1.3.1. That doesn’t mean you’ll be completely free from becoming tired though. We all have to rest regularly.
3.1.4. If you begin to feel disconnected from your work, all you’ve got to do is recenter yourself on your purpose.
3.1.4.1. An example:
3.2. Embrace your fears to skyrocket your growth.
3.2.1. When you’re going strong following what you love to do most, not everything is easy.
3.2.1.1. As you’re pushing yourself to achieve great things, you’re bound to encounter the barrier of fear.
3.2.2. Let the fear in and try to understand it because it’s often what you need to succeed.
3.2.2.1. Recognize that fear will come in one of two ways
3.2.2.1.1. You either feel like people will reject you or that you will fail.
3.2.2.2. And you’ll have to learn how to handle both to come out on top.
3.2.2.3. Rejection is something that J.K. Rowling learned about when writing the first Harry Potter book.
3.2.2.4. In a speech at a Harvard graduation, she once spoke of the need to have the courage to fail.
3.2.2.4.1. She told the students that if they never fail, they would never live.
3.2.2.4.2. When she was trying to get her first book accepted, she had to deal with 12 rejections before succeeding.
3.2.3. Remember that it’s okay and even a good sign if you’re afraid.
3.2.3.1. When you’re not, it means that you aren’t growing.
3.2.3.2. If you’re starting to feel complacent then it’s time to try something new if you want to get to a new level.
3.3. You can use the opposition that comes from becoming passionate to motivate you to work harder.
3.3.1. Success goes hand in hand with haters.
3.3.1.1. But that’s no reason to bow down to their insults.
3.3.2. Because you know that you can expect them, you also know that you can be ready for when they show up.
3.3.2.1. And when they do come, don’t try to silence them. Be grateful for the free publicity.
3.3.2.2. Try to see that one sign of your success is how many haters you have to make this a little easier.
3.3.2.3. After all, “there’s no such thing as bad publicity.”
3.3.3. If someone is mocking you it’s a sign that they recognize the authority you have in your market.
3.3.3.1. If you have a lot of haters on Twitter, for example, it might mean that you could be the next president!
3.3.4. This is also a good opportunity for you to become stronger in the face of fear.
3.3.4.1. With every person that rejects you, that’s only another chance to practice resilience.
3.3.5. Every bully of your past has played a part in making you who you are.
3.3.5.1. And every time you’ve stood strong in the face of rejection and hatred, you became stronger yourself.