50 Ways Ordinary People Reached World-Class (Robin

Sharma)
Derrick Fung
1120 votes by Ronak Agrawal, Anonymous, Gaurav Chauhan, (more)

1.

Know what you want. Clarity is power. And vague goals promote vague
results.

2.

Remember that every problem has a solution. Maybe you just cant see
it. Yet.

3.

In this Age of Dramatic Distraction, the performer who focuses the best
wins the most.

4.

Before someone will help you, you need to help them.

5.

Become the most passionate person you know. Itll be contagious.

6.

Know more about your craft/the work you do than anyone who has
ever done the work you doin the history of the world.

7.

Join The 5 am Club. Your most valuable hours are 5am-8am. They have
the least interruptions.

8.

Devote yourself to learning something new about your field of mastery

every day. Success belongs to the relentless learners. Because as you know
more, you can achieve more.

9.

Remember that when you transform your fitness, youll transform your
business.

10.

Dont check your mobile when youre meeting with another person. Its
rude. And rude people dont reach world-class.

11.

Every time you do what scares you, you take back the power that you
gave to the thing that scared you. And so you become more powerful.

12.

A problem is only a problem if you make the choice to see it as a

problem.

13.

Stop being a victim. Your business and personal life was made by you.
No one else is responsible. To make it better, make better choices. And new
decisions.

14.

You can lead without a title. Dont wait to get a position to stand for
excellence, peak quality and overdelivery on every expectation.

15.

Find your own style. Be an original. Every superstar differentiated

themselves from The Herd. And marched to their own drumbeat.

16.

Understand that when you play small with your success, you betray
your potential. And the birthright you were born under.

17.

Eat less food and youll get more done.

18.

As you become more successful, stay really really hungry. Nothing fails
like success. Because when youre successful, its easy to stop
outlearning+outOverDelivering+outthinking and outexecuting everyone
around you. (Success is Beautiful. And dangerous).

19.

If youre not overprepared, youre underprepared.

20.

The only level of great manners to play at is Exceedingly Polite. In our

world, this alone will make you a standout. And differentiate you in your
marketplace.

21.

Remember that the moment you think youre a Master, you lose your
Mastery. And the minute you think you know everything, you know
nothing.

22.

To double your results, double your level of execution.

23.

Invest in your personal and pro development. All superstars do.

24.

You dont get lucky. You create lucky.

25.

When you push through a difficult project, you dont get to the other
side. You reach The Next Level.

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Smile. And remember to inform your face.

27.

Spend time in solitude every day. Your best ideas live there.

28.

Debrief on how you lived out your day every night in a journal. This
will not only record your personal history, it will make you uber-clear on
what youre doing right and what needs to be improved.

29.

If you're not being criticized a lot, youre not doing very much. Ridicule
is the price of ambition.

30.

Develop a monomaniacal focus on just a few things. The secret to

productivity is simplicity.

31.

To get the results very few people have, be strong enough to do what
very few people are willing to do.

32.

Rest. Recover. Itll make you stronger.

33.

Buy a smaller TV and build a larger library.

34.

Remember that the bigger the goal, the stronger a person you must
become to achieve that goal. So goal-achieving is a superb practice for
character-building.

35.

Food fuels your body. Learning feeds your mind.

36.

Dont ask for respect. Earn it.

37.

Finish what you start. And always end strong.

38.

Breathe.

39.

In business, dont play to survive. Play to win.

40.

Protect your good name. Its your best asset.

41.

Remember that words have power. Use the language of leadership

versus the vocabulary of a victim.

42.

Give more than you take. The marketplace rewards generosity.

43.

Know that if its not messy, youre not making progress.

44.

Be a hero to a kid.

45.

In business, aim for iconic. Go for legendary. Make history by how

awesome you are at what you do.

46.

Please dont confuse activity with productivity. Many many people are
simply busy being busy.

47.

Your doubts are liars. Your fears are traitors. Stop buying the goods they
are attempting to sell you.

48.

The best anti-aging remedy in the world is working really hard.

49.

World-Class performers have no plan B. Failure just isnt an option.

50.

You have the power to change the worldone brave act and one person
at a time. Please use it.