I came across this Blog post by Darren Hardy today in my daily reading and wanted to share his thoughts from Tim Grover's book Relentless. As we are at the start of the season I think it would be a great 30 day challenge to live like a cleaner! You can find this blog post and others at http://darrenhardy.success.com/2014/10/relentless-pt-2/#article
BE RELENTLESS PART 2
In last week’s post, I shared with you my interview with Tim Grover, author of Relentless – From Good to Great to Unstoppable.
In the interview, he goes over the topic of the cleaner and how in a cleaner’s mind, there is NO failure.
Let me re-read you Tim’s definition of a “cleaner.”
Ready? Okay, here goes:
A cleaner is an individual who keeps pushing himself HARDER than anyone else.
He’s never satisfied, there’s always MORE to do.
He knows EXACTLY who he is.He doesn’t need to have other people pat him on the back, tell him what a great job he’s doing.
He or she actually prefers the SILENCE.
Because they don’t need that.
They don’t need that external to get them going.
They’re never intimidated by pressure – they THRIVE on it.They LOOK for those situations.
They look for those pressure situations so they can conquer them.
They don’t let the pressure get to them.A cleaner never competes against anyone else.
Their main competition is themselves.
They don’t worry about what everybody else doing.
It doesn’t matter.
It doesn’t even occur to them to have it matter.
The hardest person to compete against is yourself because no matter what you do, you’re never gonna be able to beat that person inside… but you can make them better. And let me show you how.
Over the next 30 days , challenge yourself to live like a cleaner.
Let you relentless, unstoppable, and BEST self come alive by doing these four things:
Let you relentless, unstoppable, and BEST self come alive by doing these four things:
1. Work HARDER than anyone else
… harder than anyone expects or can even imagine.
Jump full on, head in.
… harder than anyone expects or can even imagine.
Jump full on, head in.
2. Know who you are.
Don’t look for accolades, acknowledgment, thank you’s or praise.
Prefer the silence.
You are doing what you do for YOU, no one else.
Don’t look for accolades, acknowledgment, thank you’s or praise.
Prefer the silence.
You are doing what you do for YOU, no one else.
You hold a standard of excellence not for the recognition, but because that’s who you are… and external praise is needless.
3. Look for pressure situations.
Test yourself.
Subject yourself to those situations that challenge you… if only for the thrill to see what you are made of. Have pressure ignite you… force you to dig deep and tap resources you’ve had dormant for sometime.
Test yourself.
Subject yourself to those situations that challenge you… if only for the thrill to see what you are made of. Have pressure ignite you… force you to dig deep and tap resources you’ve had dormant for sometime.
Thrive on pressure over the next 30 days.
4. And lastly, only compete against yourself.
Your greatest competition is the person you are capable of being.
Your greatest self is way more competition than anyone else can be.
Your greatest competition is the person you are capable of being.
Your greatest self is way more competition than anyone else can be.
Write THAT down.
Describe your greatest self… that one deep inside you that would emerge if you didn’t submit to fear, weakness and apprehension. Describe your best self on your best day.
Describe your greatest self… that one deep inside you that would emerge if you didn’t submit to fear, weakness and apprehension. Describe your best self on your best day.
Now go compete with that person.
No doubt THAT person will give you a run for your money.
And hey, you just might get close… if you do, your competition will be dumbfounded, if not downright decimated.
No doubt THAT person will give you a run for your money.
And hey, you just might get close… if you do, your competition will be dumbfounded, if not downright decimated.
Then they will call you… a legend.
When in actuality, you just, FINALLY, let your true potential shine.
When in actuality, you just, FINALLY, let your true potential shine.
So if you are up to taking this challenge, declare it publicly – to your friends, your family, your team, in the comments below, and even on my Facebook page! Let’s see what success can come from this over the next 30 days.
