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Welcome to the Ideal Millennial Entrepreneur Podcast, and this is episode number 128.
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I am your host, amir Estimo.
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Thank you for tuning in today's episode, because you could be doing anything in this world, but the fact that you are listening to this podcast, it is much appreciated, but the fact that you are listening to this podcast, it is much appreciated.
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So please help your boy out, hit this goal 10,000 downloads.
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Ok, so today's podcast is going to be called this one is by Jim Rome and this one is a winning mindset.
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So I will be sharing a clip of the podcast, depending up to 10 to 15 minutes, but I will link the full episode of the podcast in the show notes and you can go and listen to.
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Okay, but today's podcast is by Jim Rome, winning Mindset.
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So until next week.
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Much appreciated Peace.
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The champion who trains when nobody's watching.
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The entrepreneur who solves problems in their sleep.
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The artist who forgets to eat because they're captured by the canvas.
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That's what we're talking about today being obsessed with winning.
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Not winning as the world defines it, winning as you define it.
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What's the difference between interest and commitment?
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When you're interested, you do it only when circumstances permit.
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When you're committed, you accept no excuses, only results.
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Most people live in the land of interest.
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They're interested in success, financial freedom, extraordinary relationships, but they're not committed, they're not obsessed.
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Obsession gets a bad reputation.
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People here obsessed and think unhealthy.
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But strategic obsession being consumed by your vision for a specific season of life is what separates the extraordinary from the ordinary.
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Exceptional results require exceptional focus.
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Average input yields average output.
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Always there are two types of pain the pain of discipline and the pain of regret.
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The pain of discipline weighs ounces.
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The pain of regret weighs tons.
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Every morning, when that alarm goes off, you choose.
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Will you feel the momentary pain of discipline or choose the momentary pleasure that transforms into the crushing weight of regret?
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Most people constantly negotiate with themselves I'll start tomorrow, I'll do it when I feel motivated, I'll wait until conditions are perfect.
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In that negotiation, they surrender their power.
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They surrender their ability to win.
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Winners don't negotiate with themselves about the actions that align with their goals.
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They've already decided.
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The decision has been made in advance.
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That's the first element of being obsessed with winning Eliminating the daily negotiation with yourself about whether you'll do what needs to be done.
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Have you noticed how much energy is drained in that internal debate?
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Should I make the call or not?
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Should I have that difficult conversation or not?
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Should I put in the extra hour or not?
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The obsessed don't waste energy on these questions.
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The decision loop is closed before the situation even arises.
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This is who I am.
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This is what I do.
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This is non-negotiable.
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What would your life look like if you stopped negotiating with yourself about the actions that lead to your vision?
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Let me share something profound with you.
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Winning isn't an event, it's a habit, it's a way of life, it's a series of small decisions made consistently over time.
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Consider this If you improve just one each day for a year, you'll end up 37 times better by the end of that year.
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Not 365 better.
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37 times better because growth compounds when applied consistently, but most can't sustain it.
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They start strong, fueled by inspiration.
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Then reality sets in, the emotions fade, the work gets hard and they retreat back to their comfort zone.
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Obsessed understand something the rest don't.
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Motivation is emotional and emotions are unreliable.
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They come and go like the weather.
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You can't build an extraordinary life on such a shaky foundation.
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Instead, the obsessed build systems.
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They engineer their environment to make winning the path of least resistance.
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They eliminate options, they remove escape routes.
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Look at your phone right now.
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Is it designed to make you win or is it designed to distract you?
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Look at your home, your office, your daily schedule.
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Are they architected for exceptional output or comfortable mediocrity?
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The obsessed aren't just motivated, they're strategic.
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They don't rely on willpower, they build worlds where excellence is inevitable.
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Ask yourself have you designed your life for winning or have you designed it for comfort?
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Most people don't want to hear this, but comfort and extraordinary achievement rarely coexist.
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The obsessed understand that discomfort is the currency of their dreams.
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They don't just tolerate discomfort, they seek it out, knowing it's the only path to growth.
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When you're truly obsessed with winning, with becoming the person you're capable of becoming, you realize that discomfort isn't something to avoid, it's something to embrace.
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It's something to embrace.
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It's feedback, it's a signal that you're pushing boundaries, that you're growing, that you're alive.
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But I need to clarify something important being obsessed with winning doesn't mean sacrificing everything else.
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It means being crystal clear about your priorities for this season of your life.
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The obsessed aren't workaholics neglecting their health and relationships.
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They're strategic about where they channel their finite energy.
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They understand that true winning encompasses all dimensions of life physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, relational, financial.
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What if winning meant becoming fully alive in every area that matters to you?
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What if winning meant becoming the truest, most alive version of yourself?
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Here's the tragic reality.
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Most people never discover what they're truly capable of.
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They live with a fraction of their potential, untapped, settling for what's easy instead of stretching toward what's possible.
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They major in minor activities.
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They confuse motion with progress.
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They stay busy without being productive.
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The obsessed are different.
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They've mastered the art of elimination.
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They ruthlessly cut away anything that doesn't serve their vision.
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Have you taken inventory of how you spend your time, your energy, your attention?
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How much of it is investment and how much is consumption?
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How much moves you toward your goals and how much is merely distraction?
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The greatest asset you have isn't money, it's focus.
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Where your focus goes, your energy flows, what you concentrate on consistently is what you create more.
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Are you focusing on problems or solutions, on what's wrong or what's possible, on the past or the future?
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You're building the obsessed guard their mental real estate with fierce protection.
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They understand that their thoughts become their words, their words become their actions, their actions become their habits, their habits become their character and their character becomes their destiny.
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What thoughts are you allowing to rent space in your mind?
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Are they tenants that serve your vision or squatters that sabotage it?
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One of the most powerful questions you can ask yourself is this what am I pretending not to know?
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We all have blind spots, areas where we're fooling ourselves, making excuses, avoiding responsibility.
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The obsessed seek out these blind spots not to beat themselves up, but to reclaim their power, because when you stop pretending, when you face reality exactly as it is, not as you wish it were or fear it might be you gain the ability to transform it.
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The quality of your life is determined by the quality of the questions you ask yourself.
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Poor questions create a poor life.
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Powerful questions create a powerful life.
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Instead offul questions create a powerful life.
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Instead of asking why is this happening to me, the obsessed ask what is this teaching me?
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Instead of asking why don't I have enough time, they ask how am I choosing to use the time I have?
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Instead of asking why can't I achieve my goals?
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They ask what systems do I need to put in place to make achievement inevitable?
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Questions you ask direct your focus, and your focus determines what you notice and what you miss.
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Have you considered that you might be blind to opportunities right in front of you because you're asking the wrong questions?
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The obsessed understand that winning isn't about having the right answers.
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It's about asking better questions.
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Questions that expand possibility rather than contract it.
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Questions that empower rather than victimize.
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What questions are you living inside of?
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Are they questions of lack and limitation, or questions of abundance and possibility?
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Remember this your life moves in the direction of your most dominant thoughts.
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What do you think about most?
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What occupies your mind during those quiet moments when you're alone with yourself?
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The obsessed deliberately direct their thoughts toward their vision.
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Not obfuscate thinking, but strategic focus.
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They understand that attention is the most valuable currency in today's world and they spend it wisely.
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Most people give their attention away freely to whatever screams loudest the latest crisis, the newest distraction, the most recent notification.
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The obsessed protect their attention like the precious resource it is.
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Ask yourself honestly who or what has your attention right now.
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Is it serving your highest vision or diverting you from it?
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Being obsessed with winning means reclaiming ownership of your attention and directing it within.
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But let's talk about something even more fundamental your beliefs about what's possible for you.
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Your actions will never exceed the boundaries of your beliefs If you believe success is for other people but not for you.
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That belief will manifest as reality, not because it's true, but because you'll act in accordance with it.
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The obsessed examine their beliefs regularly, checking for limited thinking that might be constraining their actions.
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They actively seek evidence that expands their sense of what's possible.
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When they catch themselves thinking I could never do that, they challenge it.
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Why not me?
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What if I could?
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What would need to be true for that to happen?
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They understand that belief isn't just positive thinking.
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It's a practice.
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You strengthen belief through consistent action, through promises kept to yourself, through small wins accumulated over time.
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What do you deeply believe about your potential, about what's possible for your life?
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Are these beliefs serving your highest vision or limiting it the difference between where you are and where you want to be?
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Often it comes down to the stories you tell yourself about what's possible.
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The obsessed rewrite these stories.
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They become the authors of their own narratives rather than passive characters in someone else's.
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This is how winning begins by taking ownership of your story, your attention, your beliefs, your questions, your thoughts and, ultimately, your actions, because obsession without action is just daydreaming.
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The obsessed don't just think differently, they act differently, consistently, persistently.
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Winning isn't a lucky accident.
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It's the natural result of certain actions, repeated day in, day out, simple but not easy.
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What actions, if you performed them consistently, would virtually guarantee your success?
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Have you identified them?
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Have you built your life around them?
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The obsessed don't wait for the perfect moment to act.
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They make this moment perfect by acting.
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They don't wait for the path to be clear before starting the journey.
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They start walking and the path reveals itself with each step.
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How many opportunities have you missed because you were waiting for certainty?
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How many dreams remain unrealized because you wanted guarantees?
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The obsessed embrace uncertainty is the price of admission for an extraordinary life.
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They understand that the need for certainty is the enemy of growth, of progress, of winning.
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What if you acted today as if success were inevitable?
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What would you do differently?
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How would you carry yourself?
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What decisions would you make?
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The obsessed lie from that place, not from arrogance, but from a deep internal, knowing that their actions accumulated over time can't help but produce the results they seek.
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They understand something performs.
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Winning isn't something you do occasionally.
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It's someone you become permanently.
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And becoming happens daily, not in a day.
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It's the result of consistent choices that may seem insignificant in the moment but compound over time to create transformation.
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What choices are you making daily that are shaping who you're becoming?
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Are they moving you toward your highest vision or away from it?
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The obsessed are intentional about every choice, knowing that each one is a vote for the person they're becoming.
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They don't leave their evolution to chance.
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But let me share something vital.
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Being obsessed with winning doesn't mean the absence of failure.
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It means using failure as fuel rather than allowing it to extinguish your fire.
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The obsessed reframe failure completely.
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They don't see it as evidence of their inadequacy but as feedback on their approach.
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They don't internalize it as identity I am a failure but externalize it as information the attempt failed.
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This subtle shift changes everything.
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It transforms failure from something to be avoided at all costs to something to be embraced as essential for growth.
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Have you noticed how fear of failure keeps most people playing small?
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They avoid risks.
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They stick to what's safe.
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They never venture beyond their comfort zone and in that safety they sacrifice their potential.
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The obsessed understand that failure isn't the opposite of success.
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It's part of success, it's a necessary step on the path to mastery.
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What failures have you been avoiding?
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What risks have you been unwilling to take?
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What parts of your potential remain unexplored because you're afraid to fail?
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Imagine releasing that fear.
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Imagine pursuing your highest vision with the knowledge that failure is simply feedback, not final judgment.
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The obsessed live from that place.
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They fail more than most because they attempt more than most and as attempts they discover capacities within themselves that the majority never experience.
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But there's another crucial element to being obsessed with winning Extreme ownership.
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The obsessed refuse to blame circumstances, other people or bad luck for their results.
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They take complete responsibility for everything in their lives, not from a place of blame, but from a place of power, because when you take responsibility you gain the ability to respond.
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You move from victim to creator, from passenger to driver.
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Most people give away their power by focusing on what they can't control the economy, other people's opinions, the past.
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They use these as excuses for why they haven't achieved what they desire.
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The obsessed focus relentlessly on what they can control their effort, their attitude, their response, their growth.
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They understand that, while they can't always control what happens to them, they have absolute control over how they respond to what happens.
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Where in your life have you been giving away your power?
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Where have you been blaming external circumstances for your internal choices?
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Taking ownership doesn't mean beating yourself up for past mistakes.
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It means learning from them and making different choices, moving forward.
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The obsessed don't waste energy on regret or resentment.
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They invest it in progress and growth.
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They understand something profound Every moment presents a choice.