Success is determined by consistent, repeatable actions rather than waiting for or expecting to be born with natural talent.

“I want to come back to talent because so many people believe that success comes down to talent and your work really proves otherwise that there's a different component that is really important.”

Success stems from executing an obvious list of proven actions rather than waiting for a magical, secret strategy.

“People fail not because there's some magical list nobody has. They fail because it's an obvious list nobody does.”

Achieving excellence requires adopting a consistency of effort rather than relying on extreme bursts of intensity.

“I thought it would look like intensity and it turned out to be consistency.”

A focus on the consequences of an event is detrimental to performance, so one should prioritize the process over the outcome.

“worrying about the consequence of an event is detrimental to the process and the performance and the the chances of you achieving that event”

True success requires mastering the science of achievement while simultaneously finding fulfillment through contribution and growth that goes beyond the self.

“If you want an extraordinary life, you need both. You go to the east, they're really great about fulfillment. They can live in poverty and feel totally happy and connected to God or the universe. You come here and and people can have an incredible external life, but their internal life often not so ”

True success involves balancing a military mindset with loving-kindness rather than focusing solely on the win at any cost.

“And then after I got the flag to the hill a couple of times and kept getting the flag to the hill and realized that you just you don't feel good and you've scorched earth you know, around you and you're like no nobody's really happy”

True success involves excelling across all areas of life, including family, health, and giving, rather than focusing solely on wealth.

“Success isn't being good in one bucket. It's not about like I made all this money, you know, and I know, oh, it's easy for you to say, no, success is not about being good in one bucket. It's about being good in all the buckets.”