Build these 5 skills to unlock your true potential:
1. Discipline
-> Success requires consistency.
--> Consistency requires discipline.
---> Discipline requires strong systems.
Stop relying on motivation and willpower.
Start building systems to set you up for success.
-> Success requires consistency.
--> Consistency requires discipline.
---> Discipline requires strong systems.
Stop relying on motivation and willpower.
Start building systems to set you up for success.
π How to improve:
- Remove temptations
- Have a clear goal and plan to reach it
- Understand your strengths and weaknesses
π My favorite resource:
No Excuses! by Brian Tracy
- Remove temptations
- Have a clear goal and plan to reach it
- Understand your strengths and weaknesses
π 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 and ideas impacts everything you do:
β’ Friendships
β’ Business
β’ Dating
This is a non-negotiable skill.
Good luck getting through life without this one.
Your ability to effectively communicate your thoughts and ideas impacts everything you do:
β’ Friendships
β’ Business
β’ Dating
This is a non-negotiable skill.
π How to improve:
- Study storytelling
- Ask for feedback
- Listen more and speak less
π My favorite resource:
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Summary available on Shortform:
shortform.com
- Study storytelling
- Ask for feedback
- Listen more and speak less
π My favorite resource:
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Summary available on Shortform:
shortform.com
3. Sales
Okβhear me out.
Have you ever:
- Had a job interview
- Asked someone on a date
- Asked your child to do something
That's sales.
Negotiation and persuasion.
Whether you realize it or not, youβre doing some form of selling every day.
Okβhear me out.
Have you ever:
- Had a job interview
- Asked someone on a date
- Asked your child to do something
That's sales.
Negotiation and persuasion.
Whether you realize it or not, youβre doing some form of selling every day.
π How to improve:
- Find a mentor
- Get in more reps
- Learn to accept rejection
π My favorite resource:
Go for No! by Andrea Waltz and Richard Fenton
- Find a mentor
- Get in more reps
- Learn to accept rejection
π My favorite resource:
Go for No! by Andrea Waltz and Richard Fenton
4. Sustained 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 90% 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 90% of the population.
π How to improve:
- Use "Focus Mode" on your device
- Use the Pomodoro Technique
- Stop multitasking
π My favorite resource:
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Summary available on Shortform:
shortform.com
- Use "Focus Mode" on your device
- Use the Pomodoro Technique
- Stop multitasking
π My favorite resource:
Deep Work by Cal Newport
Summary available on Shortform:
shortform.com
5. Taking action before you feel ready
Most people's time:
80% thinking
20% action
Flip those numbers. Watch your life transform.
80% action
20% thinking
Shorten the time between thoughtβand execution.
Most people's time:
80% thinking
20% action
Flip those numbers. Watch your life transform.
80% action
20% thinking
Shorten the time between thoughtβand execution.
π How to improve:
- Use the 70% Rule
- Replace consumption with creation
- Get accountability
My favorite resource:
Just do the damn thing
- Use the 70% Rule
- Replace consumption with creation
- Get accountability
My favorite resource:
Just do the damn thing
That's a wrap!
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