Robin Sharma argues that an "I can" mindset matters more than raw intelligence for elite performance. Top achievers across fields succeed through possibility thinking rather than superior IQ, and choosing leadership over victimhood is what separates them.
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Make your I can more important than even your iq. Now you're saying, Robin, what are you talking about right here? Well, a lot of people get stuck in victimhood versus leadership by the seduction of saying, well, I'm not smart enough. I'm not intelligent enough. Well, you are intelligent enough. What's even more important is your mindset of possibility. You see, if you look at the best athletes in the world, the best musicians in the world, the best entrepreneurs in the world, the best managers in the world, the best CEOs in the world, the best coders in the world, the best pizza makers in the world, the best moms and pops, etc, etc, etc. Those who get elite level results are not the most intelligent or naturally gifted people in their field, but these are the people that have that mindset of positive possibility. And it's all about I can. And that might sound like a bit of a platitude, you know, having an attitude of I can, a mindset of possibility, a mentality of legendary, but when you really deconstruct it, it's really true. And you know my philosophy about leading without a title based on my book the Leader who Had no Title. And you know my core belief, which is you don't have to have a position to show leadership and become a legend. Make your I can larger than your iq. But ask yourself this is your default reply, a symptom of a mindset of can't, or do you have a mentality of possibility? We don't only have an opportunity to show leadership without a title, we have a responsibility to do so. Victimhood or leadership sa.