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Episode 1665:

Benjamin Hardy explains how even the top 1–3% in any field often plateau due to distractions, overconfidence, and diminishing motivation. By staying laser-focused on personal values, optimizing energy, and maintaining disciplined habits, you can surpass industry elites who have begun to drift from the fundamentals that once made them great.

Read along with the original article(s) here: https://medium.com/thrive-global/how-to-quickly-blow-past-the-top-of-your-industry-36d979ae57

Quotes to ponder:

"The challenge with getting access to all the best gigs is that opportunities can be distractions."

"You may not notice a drop in their performance over the first year or two, but eventually it catches up. And it catches up VERY fast when it does."

"You can blow-past the elite. Just don’t lose yourself on the way up."

Episode references:

Key Person of Influence (Kevin Harrington): https://www.keypersonofinfluence.com/

Molly Bloom (referenced in context of dopamine addiction): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4209788/

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