Be Obsessed Or Be Average: Why Work-Life Balance is for Losers

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In my opinion, we must win-at-all-cost “only” if we don’t infringe on others unalienable rights’ coupled with morals that effect change for our subsequent generations. Obsessed people must have boundless energy, intensity, drive, and big dreams, but more importantly, obsessed use these qualities to dominate life. Lesson 3: You can use the opposition that comes from becoming passionate to motivate you to work harder.

When in rehab, his therapist advised him more of the same, don't reach too high, don't strive too far, set reasonable goals, Grant said no.When I started studying other obsessive types who were super successful and stopped seeking advice from those who were settling for average lives, average results, average money, average everything and who were never obsessed with anything except defending average, that’s when I began to really live. Things like its the same as his other books and he hasn't fully thought the book through before releasing it, but I'm glad I bought it anyway. Then I started a second company with a partner, a consulting business that ran parallel to my seminar business.

I was having a medical checkup recently, and as the doctor started to check my blood pressure, she launched into a lecture: “You know, people like you tend to be under a lot of stress.The person who never upsets anyone is the person who has never gone against cultural wisdom, and will be relegated to a life of being average. I liked the "be obsessed" message, until it turned into a a sales pitch for his ridiculously expensive get rich quick sales school. I believe life should be a balance of working not too hard and family time or own hobby time, I mean if you work all the day and even win millions, you wouldn’t have time to enjoy it. Rather, the goal is to become obsessed with your true purpose in life — and that may or may not be reflected by your job!

I grew up in a neighborhood where many people got nice things handed to them and I wasn't necessarily one of them.I listened each morning as I got ready for work (I work freelance from home) and each day I have gone to work and pushed myself harder and further than I ever dreamed I would.