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[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

The longer you hold on to things, the heavier they become. Learn to let go.

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@bleighky @saylor The next SBF in the making.

[Tom Bilyeu @TomBilyeu]

You are only able to process 0.00035% of the available electromagnetic spectrum.

EVERYTHING that you see, is less than half a percent of what is actually there.

I know it's scary but if you're paying attention, knowing this fact can change your life!

[Tony Robbins @TonyRobbins]

Ever wonder how some people seem to achieve effortless success or maintain steadfast drive without sacrificing their joy?

Today, we're sharing a simple yet powerful shift that can redefine this holiday season – and your life.

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[Tony Robbins @TonyRobbins]

If you want to change your life, change THE QUALITY OF QUESTIONS YOU ASK YOURSELF EACH DAY.

[Tony Robbins @TonyRobbins]

Remember, it’s not just about what you know. ACTION is required to reach new heights, and that means becoming a powerful DECISION-maker. 💥

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The 2 Millimeter Rule: The smallest changes can yield the BIGGEST results. 📈

[Bob Proctor @bobproctorLIVE]

Faith and fear both demand you believe in something you cannot see. You choose. #BobProctor

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The fool is the one who assumes he knows best.

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Pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: the mind becomes still.

[Eckhart Tolle @EckhartTolle]

"Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you have at this moment." - Eckhart Tolle

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When the frog is placed in room temperature water, and the water is slowly brought to boil, Mr. Frog does not perceive the danger and is cooked to death.
#society

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🤔 The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.