Introduction
According to author Grant Cardone, The 10X Rule is the holy grail for those who desire success. The 10X Rule establishes the right levels of actions and thinking that will guarantee your success and ensure that you continue operating at those levels throughout your life and career. Cardone claims it will even dissolve fears, increase your courage, increase your belief in yourself, end procrastination and insecurities and provide you with a sense of purpose that will revitalize your life, your dreams and your goals. It is the single principle that top achievers are using in the most flourishing areas of their lives. This book will show you how to be a success, with any dream, and in any economy.
The basic premise of The 10X Rule is this: you must set goals that are 10 times what you think you want, and then do 10 times what you think it will take to accomplish those goals. Massive thoughts must lead to taking massive actions. The 10X Rule promotes 3 mantras about success: success is important, success is your duty, obligation and responsibility, and there is no shortage of success.
The Four Degrees of Action in The 10X Rule
Most people fail only because they are operating at the wrong degree of action. Cardone breaks this down into four categories:
- No action– doing nothing to move forward to learn, achieve or control some part of your life
- Retreat– those taking actions in reverse, in order to avoid negative experiences that they imagine will come as a result of taking action
- Normal levels of action– the most prevalent in society today. Individuals in this category appear on the surface to be taking the necessary amounts of action, but it is only average
- Massive levels of action– you stop at nothing to conquer what it is that you want to achieve. You are ferocious in your problem-solving, ferocious in your drive, ferocious in your resolve. This is what it means to be operating at 10X levels. You will know you are stepping into the realm of Massive Action when you create new problems for yourself, and when you start to receive criticisms and warnings from others.
Qualities, Personality Traits and Habits of Successful People
Duplicate the actions and mindsets of successful people, and you will create success for yourself. Cardone lists the following characteristics of successful people that he adopted, and he advises you to do the same:
- Have a “Can Do” attitude
- Believe that I will figure it out
- Focus on opportunity- see all situations, even problems and complaints, as opportunities
- Love challenges
- Seek to solve problems
- Persist until successful
- Take risks
- Be unreasonable
- Be dangerous
- Create wealth
- Readily take action
- Always say “yes”
- Habitually commit
- Go all the way
- Focus on now
- Demonstrate courage- doing things that you fear
- Embrace change
- Determine and take the right approach
- Break traditional ideas
- Be on a mission
- Be goal oriented
- Have a high level of motivation
- Be interested in results
- Have big goals and dreams
- Create your own reality
- Commit first, figure out later
- Be highly ethical
- Be interested in the group
- Be dedicated to continuous learning
- Be uncomfortable
- Reach up in relationships
- Be disciplined
Conclusion for The 10X Rule Review
I would rate this book about a 6 or 7 on a 0-10 scale. There is a lot of practical advice in The 10X Rule: don’t be a victim, take responsibility for your own actions and future, work hard, be resilient, persist. Cardone isn’t afraid to tell you in a tough love style that success is going to take work, that it will be difficult, that it is your obligation, duty and responsibility, and those are the highlights of the book. Some might argue with some of his premises or values, and may not appreciate his delivery.
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