NEVER DO THIS AGAIN! - This Is Holding 99% Of People BACK From Success! | Tom Bilyeu
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🗓️ 26 November 2022
⏱️ 111 minutes
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Summary
Build IRONCLAD discipline in this FREE workshop: https://bit.ly/3RUnYux
On Today's Episode:
Pursuing a big audacious goal without absolute clarity, intensity, and obsession about it is the reason most people will never achieve their true potential. There are so many ways that we unconsciously sabotage our best efforts and our biggest dreams
In this special episode, Tom has members of his team join him to get clarity around the habits and goals they will need to make their big audacious goals a reality.
Common things holding you back from success
Stop lying to yourself, own your sh*t, and get real. Fast
How to execute at the higher levels you aim for
What the process of desire and achieving long term goals looks like
TIps for getting into problem solving mode.
The good news is that making progress and achieving your goals is within your power right now. The not so great news is that it requires you to get obsessed with your goal and raise your level of intensity in tackling these things, without excuses, without judgment, without any way out.
Mentioned in this episode:
Empire of the Summer Moon by S.C. Gwynne
QUOTES:
“The problem is, if you think you’re amazing and in failure it hurts who you are and your sense of self, you don’t want to see the truth and you will hide the truth from yourself…” [1:03]
“My will to power is improvement itself.” [3:37]
“You want it to push you, you want to be dissatisfied, but you want to recognize when it begins to diminish who you are.” [7:55]
“You are what you repeat.” [9:11]
“I really want my goals! Because of that, i don’t have to convince myself of a lot [20:45]
“I’m goal obsessed, and to get goal obsessed I build desire” [23:33]
“Remember that while you’re 50% hard wired, you’re 50% malleable.” [40:08]
“Have a habit system that makes the feeling you need to feel to keep going visceral. You feel it in your gut.” [43:27]
“You have to be able to generate that level of intensity to get to the otherside.” [47:06]
“You have to come into it with the mentality of a warrior, recognizing you are the problem, recognizing that you’re up against entropy, recognizing that you’re having a biological experience, [...] getting your potential turned into usable skillset.” [53:12]
“Go through the process of learning something totally new.” [1:01:15]
“Everything in my life is curated, [...] Choose your friends and significant other wisely.” [1:08:19]
“People treat you the way you encourage them to treat you.” [1:11:07]
“There’s a lot of beautiful people in the world that just aren’t the right vibe for your algorithm.” [1:12:16]
“I thoroughly enjoy my ambition now that I have a better relationship with it.” [1:38:58]
“People fail because they don’t have intensity.” [1:39:34]
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What is up my friend Tom Billio here and I have a big question to ask you how would you rate your level of personal discipline on a scale of 1 to 10 if your answer is anything less than a 10 I've got something cool for you |
| 0:10.7 | and let me tell you right now discipline bias very nature means compelling yourself to do difficult things that are stressful boring which is what kills most people are possibly scary or even painful now here is the thing achieving huge goals and stretching to reach your potential requires you to do those challenging stressful things |
| 0:29.3 | and to stick with them even when it gets boring and it will get boring building your levels of personal discipline is not easy but let me tell you it pays off in fact I will tell you you're never going to achieve anything meaningful unless you develop discipline |
| 0:41.8 | I've just released a class from impact theory university called how to build ironclad discipline that teaches you the process of building yourself up in this area so that you can push yourself to do the hard things that greatness is going to require of you |
| 0:54.8 | right click the link on the screen register for this class right now and let's get to work I will see you inside this workshop and impact the university until then my friends be legendary |
| 1:04.8 | please help |
| 1:06.8 | the truth is hitting your career goals is not easy you have to be willing to go the extra mile the standout and do hard things better than anybody else |
| 1:14.8 | but there are 10 steps I want to take you through that will 100x your efficiency so you can crush your goals and get back more time into your day |
| 1:24.8 | you'll not only get control of your time you'll learn how to use that momentum to take on your next big goal |
| 1:29.8 | to help you do this I've created a list of the 10 most impactful things that any high achiever needs to dominate |
| 1:35.8 | and you can download it for free by clicking the link in today's description |
| 1:39.8 | and then I'll try my friend back to today's episode |
| 1:46.8 | almost everybody quits and everything they all give up a New Year's resolution they all quit |
| 1:55.8 | the big goal in their life they all quit I'm getting emotional right now people quit dude it's so heartbreaking |
| 2:04.8 | gentlemen we're here to talk about habits changing life getting unstuck what do you have for me? |
| 2:08.8 | so I'll start off with what are the most common things you see people do that holds them back from success |
| 2:13.8 | ego is a big one in fact that is the biggest you need a self correcting mechanism so at the beginning we all suck |
| 2:21.8 | doesn't matter what you're doing whether you're a little kid whether you're deep into your career |
| 2:26.8 | when you're embarking on something new you're going to be bad at it you need to leverage what is the more I push for success |
| 2:34.8 | to more I realize everything is just a scientific method recontextualized for something |
| 2:39.8 | you have a guess you try something you fail to some degree you assess what worked what didn't work |
| 2:45.8 | you then reformulate your hypothesis and try again the problem is if you think you're amazing |
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