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Key takeaways
- Do you think that you don't have to sacrifice what average people care about?
- When you want to be the.01%, there's no greater waste of time than explaining yourself to people who actively don't support you.
- Oil and water do not mix.
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0:00If you have the goal to be in the top 01%. Do you think that you can live a normal life? Do you think that you can keep the same friends? Do you think that you can keep the same hobbies? Do you think you can stay up late and sleep in on weekends? Do you think that you don't have to sacrifice what average people care about? Do you think that they will support you when you start to pass them? [music] Do you think anyone will think this is healthy, balanced, or logical? No. And they're right. But it doesn't matter.
0:30When you want to be the.01%, there's no greater waste of time than explaining yourself to people who actively don't support you. [music] It's normal for people to not understand why you do what you do. I say this because you cannot make yourself exceptional and live a normal life. To make yourself exceptional, you must live an exceptional life. And an exceptional life does not always mean better. [music] It just means that it's so different that most people will reject it. and you and when that happens [music] you must reject them as well.
1:01Oil and water do not mix. That is what it really means to be exceptional. You must [music] become the exception.