Hard truth about leadership:
The hardest part is trying not to lose your shit when your team loses their shit, but you want to teach them not to lose their shit, but you're still learning not to lose your shit, and now we're all losing our shit.
Monk mode is the single dumbest thing I've heard in my entire existence. If you want to make more money and change your life you should do the opposite of that... Leave your house. Meet people face to face. I can attribute most of the success in my life to getting outside.
How to create more luck in your life:
1. Have your meetings in person
COVID sold us a lie that remote > in person. Instead of having a Zoom call, text your co-worker, boss, or partner to have your meetings face-to-face. Worst case you spend 30 more minutes than you otherwise would. Best case you change your entire life trajectory.
2. Stack small wins
Pick one habit and start tracking your progress on it. I use a productivity app to see how many days in a row I can keep a streak. Each time I get a small win it helps me keep going.
3. Target your icons
Scout the people you want to be around and make yourself useful to them. I did this early on in my career when I couldn't get promoted. I ended up getting mentored by someone 10 steps ahead of me for free.
4. Increase friction
Successful people fail more than anobody else, but they just kept going. Increase the volume of what you're doing: say yes to more, show up to more, try more. The discomfort of doing more is the friction you need to grow.
5. Do one thing better
You can’t possibly be the best in the world at something, but you can aim to be the most knowledgeable on it. Pick one topic, go obsessively deep on it, and post one thing you learned about it every day. A year from now you'll be seen as the expert in it even though you know nothing about it today.
6. Stop talking shit
There isn’t a shred of scientific evidence that talking about your problems helps. So stop complaining, do the work, and try to be kind to others. You’ll be surprised how much luck you can create for yourself by just by thinking positively.
Do this for 12 months and you’ll change the entire trajectory of your life.
I promise.
Your bank account is a reflection of:
- how fast you move
- how many difficult convos you have
- how much you say no to distractions
- how much negativity you ruthlessly cut
Every (good) business used to have 4 cycles:
1. You do everything.
2. You hire generalists to do many things.
3. You hire specialists to replace generalists.
4. The specialists run everything.
Now it has 3:
1. You do everything.
2. You use AI to automate as much as you can
3. You hire AI-obsessed specialists that know how to leverage the automations