The One Skill That Can Define Your Ability to Succeed

The Tai Lopez Show

Tai Lopez

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🗓️ 20 June 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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“There are three types of people: People making things happen, people watching things happen, and people wondering what happened” - Tai Lopez (click to tweet) People tend to underestimate what they can do, and what is possible, because they don’t have the ability to focus. If you can’t really concentrate your efforts on one task for an extended period of time, you’re going to find it a lot more difficult to actually get things done. That is why the ability to turn on intense focus for as much time as is needed is absolutely essential to your success. Without it, you will jump aimlessly from task to task, not finishing anything, and not getting anywhere closer to your goals. Learn to skill of focus, because it will help with every other area of your life. “You can do a lot more than you think you can do if you can just learn how to really focus” - Tai Lopez (click to tweet) Points to Keep In Mind There are three types of people: People making things happen, people watching things happen, and people wondering what happened Be focused and practical You can do a lot more than you think you can do if you can just learn how to really focus There is a time to stop and smell the roses, but if you’re not where you want to be, then now is not that time Anyone who thinks a president or political party will fix your problem is wrong In many ways, success of a lot more simple than people think Awareness of where you are and where you want to go is the first step to getting there If you have a problem, admit it. If you’re broke, admit it, and move on to the next phase The problem with people blaming other people for their financial problems is that they will never get out of the situation they find themselves in There’s no long-term fix for making more than you make, you have to recognize it and change it At the end of the day, nobody really cares about you but you If people took have the time that they spent complaining about things and put it into fixing their situation, they might not have anything to complain about anymore Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	People say, oh, I'll tell you, say you read a book a day. That's impossible. Yeah, that's because you're ain't focused.
0:05.0	Out of the ashes, you will rise. If you feel sad, lost, depressed, finances are in the gutter. Social life, you're lonely. Out of the ashes, you will rise.
0:17.0	Here in my garage, invest in yourself. Always be curious. Don't be a cynic.
0:23.0	Sleeping on a couch in a mobile home with only $47 in my bank account.
0:29.0	When everything's burnt to the ground, when your sad, lost, depressed, and everything's at rock bottom, you get to rebuild the exact and precise way you want the damn thing rebuilt.
0:40.0	Health, wealth, love, happiness, each of these four gold.
0:46.0	In case you missed the last episode, make sure you go back and check it out. Here's what went down.
0:50.0	You can always change. You just pick up Parker.
0:52.0	Coming up today. In many ways, it's a lot simpler than people make it out to be.
1:09.0	This world is full of unaware people. Man, you want to, you want to do something big, you better get with the program.
1:16.0	I'm telling you, people have no idea what's going on. Someone wants to tell me, Ty, there's three types of people in the world.
1:22.0	First type of person makes things happen. The second type of person watches things happen.
1:27.0	And the third type of person wonders what happened. And I promise you, that's the category most people are in.
1:33.0	No curiosity, you know, just blah. I'm here walking around New York and I'm going to serve it person.
1:39.0	Just talking to some people today in business and just going, what planet are you on, man?
1:43.0	Like, where are you? Come down to earth right here. Be focused. Be practical.
1:48.0	Some people now are ADD. You can't get people to focus for five minutes on something.
1:53.0	People say, oh, Ty, you say you read a book a day. That's impossible. Yeah, that's because you're ain't focused.
1:58.0	You can't sit in the damn chair and get things done. You got to always be off to the next thing, being entertained in the next thing.
2:05.0	And hey, I love entertainment. I love sports. But there's a time.
2:09.0	This is what Joel Salata told me. I was walking, he was a farmer. When I was 19 years old, my first mentor.
2:15.0	I'm walking through a field and he said, Ty, there's a time to stop and smell the roses and the time isn't right now.
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