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> [Exceptional thinkers ignore their critics and go about their business making history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/exceptional-thinkers-ignore-their-critics-and-go-about-their-business/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

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## More by John Eliot

> [To be a top performer you have to be passionately committed to what you're doing and insanely confident about your ability to pull it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/to-be-a-top-performer-you-have-to-be-passionately-committed-to-what/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Great performers welcome pressure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/great-performers-welcome-pressure/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Confidence is consistency of thinking about what is possible and how to make it possible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/confidence-is-consistency-of-thinking-about-what-is-possible-and-how/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people. You have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/if-you-really-want-to-break-from-the-pack-you-have-to-risk-being/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [cross that person off your invitation list.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/cross-that-person-off-your-invitation-list/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Stick with your own perception of yourself-living in your own world-and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or particular situations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/stick-with-your-own-perception-of-yourself-living-in-your-own-world/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Superstars think like superstars long before the fans or the press anoint them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/superstars-think-like-superstars-long-before-the-fans-or-the-press/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/great-performers-are-by-definition-abnormal-they-strive-throughout/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [“Musicians, like golfers, have to put their minds in the right place – trusting, confident, enjoying the pressure, being in present. And so forth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/musicians-like-golfers-have-to-put-their-minds-in-the-right-place/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Overachievers don't think reasonably, sensibly, or rationally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/overachievers-don-t-think-reasonably-sensibly-or-rationally/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/perfectionism-is-simply-putting-a-limit-on-your-future-when-you-have/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [I have discovered that I cannot enhance anybody's performance without getting them not only to live with the butterflies that come with high-pressure jobs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/i-have-discovered-that-i-cannot-enhance-anybody-s-performance-without/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/the-idea-of-perfect-closes-your-mind-to-new-standards-when-you-drive/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Elevated levels of confidence are omnipresent among history's greatest overachievers. Benjamin Franklin, one of the most famous men in the world even before he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/elevated-levels-of-confidence-are-omnipresent-among-history-s/)

[John Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eliot/)

> [Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled "arrogant," "a maverick," "a Wildman," "weird,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eliot/anyone-who-strays-too-far-from-the-majority-view-or-the-conventional/)

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