Tim Grover says the greatest battles you will ever fight are with yourself, and you must always be your toughest opponent. Always demand more of yourself than others demand of you. The End Truth: when you’re finally able to let go and be who you really are, that’s what puts you in the Zone, and only then can you control your fear and inhibition.”

Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable (Tim Grover

According to Tim Grover, a cleaner is his term for the ultimate competitors and achievers who refuse to be satisfied with just trying or merely giving it “their best”; they recognize themselves in those individuals who don’t just do a job, they define the job. Not everybody wants that job, because you always step in at key moments and it leaves you very open and vulnerable to failures, but that’s not how a Cleaner thinks because: When you are in the Zone, there is “no fear, no intrusion… Whatever else is going on—personal, business, anything—it can’t affect him until he’s ready to return.” Every single day you gotta put in the work and push past your fears and laziness and learn to be comfortable doing the uncomfortable. Follow your passion” makes no sense, he says, what about “work on your passion” instead, excel at it, demand to become the best at it, and then follow through?Tim Grover says it’s a question of confidence: Cleaners have such high confidence they know they can make it right. A week went by and my glance turned into a stare. I stared at the word unstoppable. Then the moment of insight… I asked myself, “What is something you want that is so big, you can’t even imagine what it would be like to have it?” You gotta wonder whether being relentless is a good thing for the relentless person, or if it’s more like a curse. Don’t get it wrong though, Grover warns, being feared doesn’t mean being a jerk, it means people are in awe of what you do and how you do it. #11 – You Trust Few People. And They Better Not Let You Down

Relentless by Tim Grover (Book Summary) - NJlifehacks Relentless by Tim Grover (Book Summary) - NJlifehacks

Tim Grover presents it as a fact that every highly successful or highly driven individual has -without exception, he says- a dark side. Tim Grover says for some it can be questioning their manhood or ability and for some, it’s a physical confrontation. And if you’re talking about “glass half full” you’re engaging in mental masturbation instead of deciding and getting down to it. Tim Grover says Relentless means you’re never satisfied and you create new higher goals as soon as you reach your personal best. Greatness makes you a legend; being the best makes you an icon. If you want to be great, deliver the unexpected. If you want to be the best, deliver a miracle.And the other one is that a Cleaner, inside, never forgives and never, ever, forgets. #8 – You Make Decisions, Not Suggestions A straightforward look at the history and the art of maintaining courteous communication in an increasingly divided world.