Nick McGowan

CEO at Advantage Drafting | Helping Glazing Contractors Win | Tweets are mainly notes for myself.

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Instead of thinking what you can do more of in 2024, think of what you can do less of to free your attention to focus on what’s truly important.

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How to win: consistently work on the right stuff. Simple, not easy.

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The words we use to describe our circumstances shape our experience. Choose wisely.

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Leadership is one of the highest leverage skills one can develop to win in business and life.

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To change an undesirable, deeply conditioned, unconscious behavior—strong self-awareness, coupled with a year of leaning into discomfort and acting according to your intentions, rather than instincts, and constant self-reflection is necessary. A hard but worthwhile endeavor.

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Putting yourself first is ironically the only way to ensure you show up as the best version of yourself to support others most effectively.

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@hubermanlab @bretcontreras I always felt typical volume advice was way too high. After 6 hard sets, additional volume feels like junk because of fatigue.

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The best copywriting uses the fewest and simplest words for max clarity and impact.

Key = balance simplicity + brevity.

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Mental notes don’t scale. Systems do.

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You cannot be great if you permit mediocrity.

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Rushing slows you down.

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If you work with consistency and focus in alignment with your authentic self over a long enough time horizon, you will wake up one day and realize you’re living the life you always dreamed of.

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If you only do what you say, you’re already ahead of 95% of everyone else.

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Every desired outcome worth achieving needs a system to support it. Without the system the outcome will never materialize.

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If it consistently matters it needs a system.

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@dickiebush Where’s skincare, grooming, and taking a shit? It’s those pesky things that slow me down in the morning.

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@LeilaHormozi Good. True. And the price of choosing your own approval is the approval of others. Ultimately what it all boils down to.

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@ZssBecker I’m enjoying monstering man.

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Every outcome you want to optimize for requires systems to ensure success.

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You can blame outside circumstances and feel better about your inadequacies or you can take ownership for where you fall short and improve in those areas. Only one path leads to growth and breakthrough.

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