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We're all underachievers.

Clive Griffiths
Clive Griffiths
— 1 min read

We're all underachievers.

It's not that we slack off.
Quite the contrary, most of us work bloody hard.

No, it's the fear... that's what hold us back.

Fear of failure.
Fear of being judged.
Fear we might just succeed.

And then what would happen?

My biggest breakthroughs... for myself and clients.
They've all come when we aimed beyond what you thought we could do.

We turned away from predictable results
and focused on the possibility of
wildly unachievable outcomes.

Try it - just ignore where you think your abilities stop.
Start to believe you will achieve more, like those who removed barriers before you.

Go after those things that feel out of reach.
But that you crave with deep hunger.

Don't see your team as becoming high-performance?
Set new standards like a game changing CEO.

Think you can't win that multinational as a client?
Make that your target.

Shy away from publicity that puts your work in the spotlight?
Hire a PR agent who gets your company in the FT.

These are exactly the type of goals you should be aiming for.
Allow yourself to picture that impossible future and then make it happen.

That's how you go from boring predictability to relentless achievement.

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