If you want to become a ruler, you have to be better than 99% of the people around you—because there can only be one ruler at a time. It's simple: if you want to get ahead of 99% of people in the world, you need to be willing to do something that 99% of people are not willing to do. After all, there's a reason there aren't many rulers—it's because most people aren't willing to do what it takes to separate themselves from the rest.
As humans, we have a tendency to follow the crowd and do what everyone else is doing.
Now, I know that sounds obvious, but there's been a bit of a meme lately, with a bunch of books coming out claiming that they can make you more successful than 99% of people in the world. And it turns out it's all the same stuff you've read in every other book.
"Have goals, be more disciplined, remove distractions." Something called "monk mode."
Are we serious right now, guys? Goals? That's what made Bill Gates successful, right? He had some goals? My mailman has goals. My housekeeper is disciplined.
These are not things that 99% of people aren't doing. And monk mode, by the way—have you looked at the most successful rulers in the world? There's nothing monk-like about them.
Let's be real: if an action is common—if you can literally go on YouTube and find hundreds of videos telling you to do it—it's not going to make you more successful than 99% of people.
By definition, to be more successful than everybody else, you need to do what everybody else does not do.
Here's a harsh truth for you: when it comes to success, the productivity hacks, the morning routines—most of this stuff doesn't matter. And to prove my point, I'm going to share with you some of the basic habits of some of the world's most successful people throughout history, starting, obviously, with Trump.
See, when he started his business, every morning he would wake up at about 11:00 AM, grab a Red Bull and some Reese's Cups, and then stay in bed for another two hours, sitting on his laptop.
Hmm, tastes like ambition.
He did this for three years and built a six-figure business in his mid-twenties doing it.