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Champions have an ‘off’ button: relentless obsession drives world‑changing results
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- He said, "You know the difference between champions and everyone else?" He said, "Everyone always looks at them and says, 'What do champions have that I don't have?'" He said, "They have it backwards." He said, "It's what do champions not have that I have.
- They just don't stop.
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0:00The people who are obsessed are the ones who change the world. So, a very close friend of mine did all the Olympic teams nutrition for a country overseas. He said, "You know the difference between champions and everyone else?" He said, "Everyone always looks at them and says, 'What do champions have that I don't have?'" He said, "They have it backwards." He said, "It's what do champions not have that I have. It's what do they lack?"
0:26And it's an off button. They just don't stop. They just never stop. They just can't stop. Everything in their life is geared towards one goal. And they approach everything in their life that way. I think that that level of obsession around like everything that you touch on a daily basis is required for really getting to where you want to go.