Many months ago I read Jocko Willing’s Extreme Ownership and I loved it. I really liked that simple, yet powerful idea of being in charge of your life.
Today, I finished Grant Cardone’s 10X thinking and even though I thought the book should have been a “long read” instead of a whole book, I really enjoyed the principles to achieve success (however, things like making 29 phone calls within 26 minutes was like “Dude! Slow down and go deeper on each call!)
Just as an exercise to myself, I have decided to share the list that Cardone created to summarize the book. All the credits go to him:
Have a “can do” attitude: nothing is too big if you have the right approach
Believe that “I will figure it out”, my personal favourite. This one is all about the trust you put on yourself when you make a call based on little information
Focus on opportunity: live the now and build for the future
Love challenges
Seek to solve problems: Is perfectly fine to say “I don’t know” but after that, a “I will find that out” should follow
Persist until successful
Take risks
Be unreasonable: thinking 10X is very unreasonable, but like Cardone says, is better to fall short aiming to get a $10M salary than a $1M one.
Be dangerous: Dare to do things that at first might look scary.
Create wealth: not only financial wealth, but emotional, cultural or for your family
Readily take action: At IBM I met Guido Gerlotti, global VP for ecommerce; he would answer every mail within minutes, even now. He’s always ready to address something ant get that done
Always say yes: have you ever watch Jim Carrey’s “Yes” movie? Well, is all about the endless possibilities you will have when you dismiss all the no’s for yes’
Habitually commit
Go all the way: do not flake midway, reach the end
Focus on “now”. The past is gone
Demonstrate courage
Embrace change
Determine and take the right approach
Challenge traditional ideas
Be goal oriented: write your goals down, have them with you at all times
Be on a mission: have vision
Have a high level of motivation
Be interested in results: use metrics and track your progress, measure your way forward
Have big goals and dreams
Create your own reality: hang out with amazing people
Commit first, figure out later:
Be highly ethical
Be interested in the group
Be dedicated to continuous learning
Be uncomfortable: do not fall back and relax.
Reach up in relationships: be interested, follow up, be omnipresent
Be discipline: build and respect your rituals, stay healthy and invest in your body and mind
Once again, this whole list belongs to Grant Cardone.
