“I know “leader” sounds more inspiring and that the business world wants to talk about leadership—but when thing go wrong, I don’t care about leadership; I want control, or at least to know someone is in control. I want answers, I want to solve problems quickly, and know I have the ability to deliver solutions and get the scene back under control.”
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
“You are a threat to all things average. You remind the average that they have settled! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve told someone I’m writing a book and their response is “You know, it’s a lot of work to write a book” or “People don’t read books anymore” or “Did you know that most books never get published?” This is the voice of the naysayer who needs to make sense of not doing, who needs to defend their right to be average. They’ve never written that book they’ve always wanted to write! It doesn’t matter whether their intention is to help you or hurt you. If you listen to them, the result is the same: They will deter you and add doubt and confusion to your already-challenging goals, making a difficult activity a thousand times more difficult.”
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
“I believe I know best in everything I do, and if I don’t, I get trained until I have complete confidence and competence in whatever I am doing. Whether it’s making a sales call, handling my four-year-old, or operating a firearm, I want control over all my various skill sets so that I can lead in all the different areas of my life. I don’t need to be the smartest person in the room—I don’t even need to be right—but I do need to be willing to control things.”
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
“be careful about whom you spend your time with. The people in your life are either a good influence or a bad influence. There is no gray area. If you don’t know what side they are on, you should not spend time with them. I won’t and don’t. Fill your time up with the ones who are supportive.”
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
“While I sat at lunch in total defeat, I thought to myself, I just need a sign. Something to tell me: Either quit or go on. And if I go on, where do I go next? I need a clear sign of what to do. I don’t even know whom I was addressing. Was I praying? Begging? Or just talking to myself? I still don’t know. I do know that I was in total doubt and at a very low point in my life. I was so lost that I was starting to look to horoscopes for direction and guidance that might determine my future. When you start depending on horoscopes, you know you are in trouble.”
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
― Be Obsessed or Be Average
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