Be Obsessed or Be Average by Cardone Grant

Be Obsessed or Be Average by Cardone Grant

Author:Cardone, Grant [Cardone, Grant]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-10-10T22:00:00+00:00


GET OUT OF YOUR HOMETOWN

According to a 2008 Pew research report, 88 percent of all people live within a couple miles of where they grew up.

The best moves of my life have been when I left familiar and comfortable settings. Comfort is the enemy of the obsessed. To be dangerous, force yourself out of your comfort zone, literally—try a new city.

The first move I made away from my hometown, a small city in southwest Louisiana, was for a new job in Chicago. Then I moved to Houston. It was a good move but not the right one—I moved where I knew people (my brother and two sisters were there), as opposed to where I really wanted to live.

After that I moved to La Jolla, California, where I knew no one. I lived there for twelve years before I found myself too comfortable again. Everyone knew me, but that meant I wasn’t meeting new people and growing anymore. Also, I wanted to find my wife and start a family, and it was clear that this wouldn’t happen for me in the San Diego area.

I packed up and moved to the big city of Los Angeles. Again, I knew no one there. But in LA I found my wife—in fact, I met her the first night I was there. Even though I had no friends there initially, we built up a big network. I continued to build my business and thrive.

Fast-forward to a few years later: I was still successful but feeling that itch of being too comfortable again. So three years ago Elena and I picked up and left all our familiar and comfortable surroundings and moved across country to Miami.

All of these moves proved to be monster personal growth builders for me. They gave me confidence that I can be nimble, succeed anywhere, make friends anywhere, and create my own happiness independent of location.



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