{"id":66651,"date":"2022-05-21T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=66651"},"modified":"2022-05-23T16:31:34","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T20:31:34","slug":"the-meaning-of-relentless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/the-meaning-of-relentless\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of Relentless, According to Tim Grover"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the meaning of relentless? What does it mean to not be relentless?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being relentless is pushing yourself<\/a> to be the best you can<\/a> be without allowing anyone or anything to get in your way. On the flip side, being relentless doesn’t mean having raw talent, fame, or changing who you truly are<\/a> to get what you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below we’ll discuss the core values<\/a> of relentlessness and the few criteria that don’t count towards having a relentless mindset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

What Relentlessness Is and Isn\u2019t<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Relentless<\/em>, author Tim Grover explains the qualities you\u2019ll need to become the best in your field\u2014qualities which he collectively calls \u201crelentlessness.\u201d He came up with these qualities by learning from his own personal training career, training, and getting to know some of the all-time great basketball players. Grover argues that by acting relentlessly, you can become an all-time great yourself no matter what your career, field, or discipline is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Relentlessness Is<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Grover defines \u201crelentlessness\u201d as a state of mind in which you\u2019re fully dedicated to becoming stronger, surviving, and overcoming obstacles to achieve your goals<\/a>.<\/strong> The meaning of relentless, Grover asserts, is how you can become the<\/em> best at what you do and succeed time and time again. He references his own experience training basketball legends like Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant, highlighting them as examples of the kind of field dominance that relentlessness can lead to. However, Grover explains, relentlessness isn\u2019t just for a select few elite athletes\u2014it\u2019s universal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Relentlessness Is Universal<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Grover explains that anyone can be relentless in pursuing any task or discipline\u2014relationships, your job, an art form, and so on. This is because relentlessness isn\u2019t about what you do, but about how you approach what you do<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, he says that anyone can be relentless because relentlessness is natural and instinctual. <\/strong>All<\/em> animals, even humans, are born with an instinctual drive to overcome obstacles<\/a> and survive by any means necessary\u2014in other words, we\u2019re born with relentlessness and just need to learn how to access it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Much Does Evolution Inspire Behavior?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Grover\u2019s argument here\u2014that relentlessness is instinctual\u2014is similar to that of \u201cevolutionary psychology\u201d: A framework that argues that human behavior is heavily influenced by instincts gained through evolution. However, scientists and scholars heavily debate the merits of evolutionary psychology. Its main critics tend toward two arguments<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n