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Refuse To Be An Extraordinary Person Trapped In An Ordinary Life

Ugh, another article about success. Aren’t there already enough of these?

Matt Lillywhite
4 min readAug 5, 2019
Photo by Lucrezia Carnelos on Unsplash

“Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.” — Jim Rohn.

Most people in the world will never achieve their dreams.

They’re too worried about how to achieve it, and reading the stories of other people, so they’re not focusing on putting in the actual work that brings results.

Don’t say you’re going to become the wealthiest person in the world if you’re wasting every dollar getting drunk every Friday night.

There’s no point in saying that you’re going to be a professional basketball player if you’re not practicing on the court each morning before school/work.

Success is just not going to happen unless you adopt the right mindset.

Put bluntly, if you aren’t willing to work for it, don’t complain about not being successful.

Think about it.

When we look at the people we admire, they all spent years training themselves to be the very best in their industry.

Basketball players in the NBA spent thousands of hours practicing their shot each morning.

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Matt Lillywhite
Matt Lillywhite

Written by Matt Lillywhite

Storyteller and part-time procrastinator. Writing to inspire, entertain, and avoid doing laundry. Substack: https://mattlillywhite.substack.com/subscribe

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