5 skills to unlock your full potential:
1. Discipline
@jockowillink:
"Discipline equals freedom."
Willpower and motivation are unreliable at best.
You're ability to execute consistently will come down to the strength of your systems, and your level of discipline.
@jockowillink:
"Discipline equals freedom."
Willpower and motivation are unreliable at best.
You're ability to execute consistently will come down to the strength of your systems, and your level of discipline.
How to improve:
- Start small
- Get accountability
- Understand your strengths and weaknesses
My favorite resource:
📚 No Excuses! by Brian Tracy
- Start small
- Get accountability
- Understand your strengths and weaknesses
My favorite resource:
📚 No Excuses! by Brian Tracy
2. Communication
Good luck getting through life without this one.
Your ability to effectively communicate your thoughts impacts everything you do:
• Friendships
• Business
• Dating
• Career
• Family
Learn this if you want to leave an impact on the world.
Good luck getting through life without this one.
Your ability to effectively communicate your thoughts impacts everything you do:
• Friendships
• Business
• Dating
• Career
• Family
Learn this if you want to leave an impact on the world.
How to improve:
- Study storytelling
- Ask for feedback
- Listen more and speak less
My favorite resource:
📚 How to Win Friends... by Dale Carnegie
- Study storytelling
- Ask for feedback
- Listen more and speak less
My favorite resource:
📚 How to Win Friends... by Dale Carnegie
3. Sales
Ok, now hear me out.
Have you ever:
- Asked for a raise
- Had a job interview
- Asked someone on a date
- Asked your child to clean up
That's sales.
Negotiation and persuasion.
Whether you realize it or not, you're doing some form of selling nearly every day.
Ok, now hear me out.
Have you ever:
- Asked for a raise
- Had a job interview
- Asked someone on a date
- Asked your child to clean up
That's sales.
Negotiation and persuasion.
Whether you realize it or not, you're doing some form of selling nearly every day.
How to improve:
- Find a mentor
- Get in more reps
- Learn to accept rejection
My favorite resource:
📚 Go for No! by Andrea Waltz and Richard Fenton
- Find a mentor
- Get in more reps
- Learn to accept rejection
My favorite resource:
📚 Go for No! by Andrea Waltz and Richard Fenton
4. Focus
Every day this skill gets more valuable.
Attention spans are dwindling.
Distraction is everywhere.
Simply being able to focus on one thing without interruption for 45 minutes will separate you from 98% of the population.
Every day this skill gets more valuable.
Attention spans are dwindling.
Distraction is everywhere.
Simply being able to focus on one thing without interruption for 45 minutes will separate you from 98% of the population.
How to improve:
- Use "Focus Mode" on your device
- Use the Pomodoro Technique
- Stop multitasking
My favorite resource:
📚 Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Use "Focus Mode" on your device
- Use the Pomodoro Technique
- Stop multitasking
My favorite resource:
📚 Deep Work by Cal Newport
5. Taking action
Most people's time:
80% thinking
20% action
Flip those numbers and you watch your life transform.
80% action
20% thinking
Shortening the time between the thought, and the implementation of the thought is a game-changer.
Most people's time:
80% thinking
20% action
Flip those numbers and you watch your life transform.
80% action
20% thinking
Shortening the time between the thought, and the implementation of the thought is a game-changer.
How to improve:
- Break down goals into actionable steps
- Create a daily habit of taking action
- Always aim to apply what you learn
My favorite resource:
📚 Atomic Habits by James Clear
- Break down goals into actionable steps
- Create a daily habit of taking action
- Always aim to apply what you learn
My favorite resource:
📚 Atomic Habits by James Clear
Honorable mentions I really wanted to include:
- Writing
- Mindfulness
- Self-Awareness
- Writing
- Mindfulness
- Self-Awareness
That's a wrap!
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