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Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

1194: How To Go From Successful To Very Successful (and why most people can't do it) by Benjamin Hardy

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

Optimal Living Daily LLC

Education, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.63.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Benjamin Hardy shares how to go from successful to very successful and why most people can't do it. Episode 1194: How To Go From Successful To Very Successful (and why most people can't do it) by Benjamin Hardy Benjamin Hardy has been the top writer on Medium.com since late 2015. He focuses on self-improvement, motivation, and entrepreneurship. His writing is fueled by his personal experiences, self-directed education, and formal education. His research focuses on the psychological differences of "wantrepreneurs" and actual entrepreneurs. He lives in Clemson, South Carolina with his wife and they are the foster parents of 3 children. The original post is located here: https://medium.com/@benjaminhardy/how-to-go-from-successful-to-very-successful-and-why-most-people-cant-do-it-eab95f82be53 Visit Me Online at OLDPodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Imagine being transported to Universal Orlando resort.

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Three incredible theme parks, full of twists and turns. You can race alongside

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and Makersplash at Universal volcano bay. Book Universal Orlando for 2024 with Virgin

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This is Optimal Living Daily Episode 1194, how to go from successful to very successful

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and why most people can't do it. By Benjamin Hardy of Benjaminhardy.com and I'm Justin

1:11.5

Mollick. Hey, happy Tuesday. Welcome back to Optimal Living Daily, where I narrate blogs for you,

1:16.8

pretty simple premise. Today's post is from the very popular writer on Medium.com Benjamin Hardy.

1:23.0

I'm going to jump right into today's content, so let's get right to it and start optimizing your life.

1:32.1

How to go from successful to very successful and why most people can't do it. By Benjamin Hardy of

1:38.0

Benjaminhardy.com. Success isn't obsession. Many people want it more than anything else,

1:45.4

and they'll sacrifice everything to have it, which is often the cost of admission. But there's

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a problem. Sustaining success and going beyond success is nearly impossible for most people.

1:56.5

Hence Greg McEwen author of Essentialism Questions. Why don't successful people and organizations

2:02.1

automatically become very successful? McEwen's answer is succinct. Success is a catalyst for failure.

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Being invisible is easy. When you make mistakes, you're the only one who notices. Even being

2:15.7

the underdog is easy. If you fail, you're justified in doing so. But when the spotlight is on you,

2:21.1

everyone is waiting for you to fail. The external pressure often becomes too overpowering,

2:26.3

smothering the values and vision it took to become successful in the first place,

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