Is there any other way to be super successful? To be super rich? To change the world? Elon Musk’s wife doesn’t think so.
I believe being obsessed is a pre-requisite for being exceptional.
Just remember, if you aren’t then the person who is has the upper hand.
(How do you think I grew the largest medical recruitment agency in Australasia starting with no customers, no candidates, little money and no employees? Do not underestimate the power of obsession.)
In arguments, we often want to be right. But being right is not the same as being wise.
One of the greatest lies we tell ourselves is that we’re falling behind. That someone else is ahead.
As a young man I associated strength with force; louder voices, sharper opinions, firm lines in the sand.
There’s a strange kind of pride we’ve developed in being exhausted. But even lions, the king of the jungle, rest.
I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't have ambition.
We sometimes believe strength means self-sufficiency — that being independent means being isolated.