People who start at the top never understand what they missed at the bottom. The guy who started by sorting the mail, or cleaning the restaurant late at night, or fixing the equipment at the gym, that’s the guy who knows how things get done. After he’s eventually worked his way up through the ranks, he knows how everything works, why it works, what to do when it stops working. That’s the guy who will have longevity and value and impact, because he knows what it took to get to the top. You can’t claim you ran a marathon if you started at the seventeenth mile.
– from Relentless book by Tim Grover
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Everyone wants to cut back on …
Everyone wants to cut back on stress, because stress kills. I say bullshit. Stress is what brings you to life. Let it motivate you, make you work harder.
– from Relentless book by Tim Grover
Failure is what happens when you …
Failure is what happens when you decide you failed. Until then, you’re still always looking for ways to get to where you want to be.
– from Relentless book by Tim Grover