Becoming satisfied with what you have done only means someone in your life has convinced you to settle for average. It is not money or awards but possibilities. This is what keeps people motivated and creating. As you embrace your obsessions and deny average your potential will continue to be revealed to you. In fact, the older I get and the more success I experience the more obsessed I become with the reality I can create. Schawbel: How do you remain as hungry as you did when you were younger? What does all the self-motivation come from?Ĭardone: Obsession is the fuel that gives you a can’t-quit, won’t-quit, accelerator-to-the-floor monster ambition inside of you and it grows as you grow regardless of your age. I don’t apologize for this-I took it as a compliment. For instance, I was labeled ADD, ADHD, OCD and simply denied the labels and instead embraced this energy as my gift rather than my deficiency. I don’t think people need to make a choice to be obsessed, I think we all are and simply talked out of it. Since the age of eight I dreamed of a life where I had full and total control, but most of my life average people tried to talk me out of these desires suggesting they were simply unrealistic fantasies. My entire life I was obsessed with fantasies of greatness, fame, the perfect girl, prosperity, amazing children and the time to enjoy it all. The obsessed are those who go balls to the wall-completely all in all of the time -and are obsessed with creating a life the average deem impossible. Grant Cardone: The obsessed hold illusions of greatness that the average used to have and gave up on. Dan Schawbel: What does it mean to be obsessed or be average? If it's a choice you make, what do you do if you choose to be obsessed?

The 10X Rule by Grant Cardone