MILLIONAIRE SUCCESS HABITS
part because the 90-day sprint gave him a short, doable process to get him on the path he wanted.
YOU HAVE MASSIVE POTENTIAL Maybe you’re thinking to yourself, “Dean doesn’t know me. I’m not special like Matt. This may work for other people, but I’m not so sure it will work for someone like me.” Well, here’s the truth: You’ve got incredible potential. I write this without having ever met you, but I know from experience that every person is capable of making small shifts in his or her life that can lead to big success. The question is, will you realize your potential? I absolutely believe you will, but first you have to get past one of the biggest delusions that most people have: Others are gifted and have advantages, making their road to success easier than your path. Yes, there are supertall people who have an ad- vantage playing basketball. Yes, there are brilliant people who are natural mathematicians and can do complex calculations in minutes that most of us would puzzle over for hours. The words “gifted” and “lucky” get thrown around a lot, yet when you do your research on those who excel, who go to the next level of life and reach their full potential, you see two very important things that most high achievers have in common. They believe in themselves and their vision, and they practice hard. They use grit to get the results they desire rather than standing on the sidelines wishing they were “gifted.” Tiger Woods is no longer the most dominant athlete in the world, but no one in the history of golf ever played at his level when he was in his prime. Was Tiger just another gifted athlete? Did he get lucky? Or maybe his success had a lot to do with the fact that he practiced his craft every day from the time he was five years old. When many NFL athletes vacationed in the summer until training camp, for many seasons Peyton Manning stayed home and watched tapes and practiced.
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