Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable (Tim Grover Winning Series)

His physical gifts and superlative talent had very little to do with ultimately making him a Cleaner because it’s not about skill or talent.

External pressure that distracts and derails, not the internal pressure that can drive you to overcome anything. And instead of shutting it all out and trusting his instincts and natural ability, he’s thinking. He flew two thousand miles to hear these two words: Don’t think. You already know what you have to do, and you know how to do it. What’s st

It’s time to stop listening to what everyone else says about you, telling you what to do, how to act, how you should feel. Let them judge you by your results, and nothing else; it’s none of their business how you get where you’re going.

You don’t have to play basketball like Michael Jordan to have his mind-set and mental toughness, and apply it to whatever you do. You don’t need Kobe’s athletic skills to attack your dreams the way he attacks his. You don’t have to overcome injury and impossible odds like Dwyane Wade to overcome whatever obstacles are standing between you and your

You don’t have to love the hard work; you just have to crave the end result.

Decide. Commit. Act. Succeed. Repeat.

don’t care how good you think you are, or how great others think you are—you can improve, and you will. Being relentless means demanding more of yourself than anyone else could ever demand of you, knowing that every time you stop, you can still do more. You must do more. The minute your mind thinks, “Done,” your instincts say, “Next.”

It’s a mind-set for mental toughness. Tell yourself what to do, and stop waiting for others to lay it all out.

Failure is never an option; even if it takes years, he’ll find a way to turn a bad situation to his benefit, and he won’t stop until he succeeds.