Relentless
Tim S. Grover · 2013
Relentless (2013) is a book by Tim S. Grover on personal growth & mindset. Legendary trainer Tim Grover distills what separated Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, and Dwyane Wade from everyone else into a blunt mindset for the "unstoppable": trust your instincts, embrace your dark side, and thrive on pressure.
The trainer behind Jordan, Kobe, and Wade strips "greatness" of its motivational gloss and shows it's built from instinct, obsession, and a controlled dark side almost nobody is willing to unleash.
Two of the ideas you’ll keep
The Clif summary of Relentless pulls out 7 insights. Here are the first two.
- There are three tiers of performer: the **Cooler** who is good but needs to be told what to do, the **Closer** who can deliver under pressure if the situation is set up for him, and the **Cleaner** who takes total ownership, acts before being asked, and needs no one. Only the Cleaner is truly relentless.
- Being relentless means **demanding more of yourself than anyone else could ever demand of you**, and never being satisfied no matter how much you achieve. The moment you feel you've arrived, you've stopped.
The other 5 — and the full 11-minute summary — are in the app.
What’s inside: 8 chapters
The whole summary runs about 11 minutes, read or listened to.
- Cooler, Closer, Cleaner
- Relentless Means Never Satisfied
- Stop Thinking, Trust the Instinct
- Know Exactly Who You Are
- The Dark Side Everyone Hides
- Pressure Is a Privilege
- Addicted to the Result
- Feared, Trusted, Never Finished
Finish Relentless tonight.
Read or listen to the full summary in about 11 minutes, then keep the ideas with a minute of review a day. Start with the 2-minute quiz — no card required.
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