Book review: What Extraordinary People Know by Anthony Moore

How to Cut the Busy B.S. and Live Your Kick-ass Life

It’s a disease. Nobody thinks or feels or cares anymore; nobody gets excited or believes in anything except their own comfortable little God damn mediocrity.

Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

The book starts out with a pretty good explanation of mediocrity and how we’re stuck in this trap by being complacent. Some people are too scared, fear of failure, too prideful, lack of resolve, and distraction. Being perpetually busy, the author says, is a sign of weakness, a cluttered mind unable to set boundaries. Most people are too lazy to live happier lives. So, what’s the solution to mediocrity? You have to go for better and not settle for less.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself; but talent instantly recognizes genius.

Arthur Conan Doyle, The Valley of Fear

It goes into breaking free of the trap by changing your environment, embracing the weird in ourselves, thoughts become reality, commitment to change, and how existing only brings on more of the same. Changing your environment means designing an environment that makes failure impossible, i.e. don’t keep snacks in the house if you’re on a diet. Systems versus goals is all about creating a system that allows us successful progress. Start by doing, not planning. Be a rebel. Do what others won’t to get that success. And be the first to act by initiating that relationship, apologize and ask forgiveness, tell them that you appreciate them, spending money and time in weird ways that others aren’t doing because they need to remain mediocre for their comfort level.

Anything less than mad, passionate, extraordinary love is a waste of time. There are too many mediocre things in life to deal with and love shouldn’t be one of them.

Tiffanie DeBartolo

Then it explains how to create a winning mindset through consistency, creating, learning, self-confidence, winning behaviors, and resisting mediocre advice. Once you start to believe, really believe, your brain starts operating under that assumption, the author says. Be committed to it. Don’t tolerate mediocre success, rise above it. And do it daily then be accountable through a calendar or social connection. The extraordinary individual seeks to learn and create not entertainment and distraction. Read. Read. Read. It allows for reduced stress, increased intelligence, improved focus, upgraded competence, and better sleep. Lastly, most people don’t know how to give anything but mediocre advice because they’ve settled. Don’t listen to them. Go out and change your life for the better. Succeed!

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