I remember last year the phrase 10x engineer became a meme on Twitter and probably everywhere on the Internet. I don’t think that I’m a 10x engineer, but I’d like to think that I was a decent engineer at some point in my career. There’s a book called 10x rule by Grant Cardone, I listened to it in audiobook form, I believe it’s read by the author and this guy is so energetic that I feel like I want to go full power 10x on every aspect of my life. I like the book, I agree with the overall message, it’s nothing new to me but it’s good reminder that if you don’t want to be average you should act differently and live up to your expectations. You cannot be lazy and act like most people, work the same amount, with the same intensity and expect to be successful. Being a high achiever requires extra ordinary efforts. Another message that I took from the book is that sometimes it’s the friends and those around us who actually doing all they can to keep us down, and average or normal in their view. They see you work a lot, they tell you to rest and have millions of explanations as to why you shouldn’t be working extra. Those are not our friends, those are the enemy of our progress, even though we love them we must ignore them and push through towards success.