If your path to success is paved with excitement — be careful.
The truth is, success should be kinda boring.
If you want to achieve big things, press pause on your grand ambitions and build this foundation first.
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The truth is, success should be kinda boring.
If you want to achieve big things, press pause on your grand ambitions and build this foundation first.
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Any of this sound familiar?
I’ll be successful when:
I learn that new skill
I land that huge investment
I have that game changing idea
While exciting and fun to brag about on Twitter, these are not the most likely paths to success.
I’ll be successful when:
I learn that new skill
I land that huge investment
I have that game changing idea
While exciting and fun to brag about on Twitter, these are not the most likely paths to success.
In fact, it’s the contrary that seems to be true.
In his book “The Compound Effect,” Hardey gives it to us plainly:
“…your only path to success is through a continuum of mundane, unsexy, unexciting…daily disciplines compounded over time.”
In his book “The Compound Effect,” Hardey gives it to us plainly:
“…your only path to success is through a continuum of mundane, unsexy, unexciting…daily disciplines compounded over time.”
In other words…
Most of us are spending our time focusing on the wrong things.
We think we need to take these massive swings…
But really it’s the small habits, executed consistently that actually move the needle.
Okay, so what exactly are these magical, boring habits?
Most of us are spending our time focusing on the wrong things.
We think we need to take these massive swings…
But really it’s the small habits, executed consistently that actually move the needle.
Okay, so what exactly are these magical, boring habits?
Well, Steven Covey calls them Quadrant II activities:
Things like:
- Journaling
- Meditating
- Exercise
- Goal setting
- Etc
You know, the fundamental tools that make everything else possible.
The small things we do when we’re at our best.
Things like:
- Journaling
- Meditating
- Exercise
- Goal setting
- Etc
You know, the fundamental tools that make everything else possible.
The small things we do when we’re at our best.
Sooo…yeah.
Feel a little let down?
Well, that's kinda the point.
Whether because they feel too small, or too familiar, we tend to underestimate these tools.
Instead, we become distracted by the next shiny object.
The next new strategy.
The next big idea.
Feel a little let down?
Well, that's kinda the point.
Whether because they feel too small, or too familiar, we tend to underestimate these tools.
Instead, we become distracted by the next shiny object.
The next new strategy.
The next big idea.
But small actions can yield big results over time.
For example:
20 pages per day is ~30 books per year
200 cals per day is ~20 pounds of fat
$10 per day saved is $3,650
Now factor in the power of compounding.
Things add up fast, right?
For example:
20 pages per day is ~30 books per year
200 cals per day is ~20 pounds of fat
$10 per day saved is $3,650
Now factor in the power of compounding.
Things add up fast, right?
Consider “luck,” for example.
We love the idea of a big break.
A huge risk or gamble that pays off.
That split second moment that changes our lives forever.
But that’s not usually how it works.
We love the idea of a big break.
A huge risk or gamble that pays off.
That split second moment that changes our lives forever.
But that’s not usually how it works.
Successful people don’t wait for luck.
They put themselves in a position to receive it.
How?
Through these daily disciplines.
When we consistently execute small habits, we create an environment where good things are more likely to happen.
They put themselves in a position to receive it.
How?
Through these daily disciplines.
When we consistently execute small habits, we create an environment where good things are more likely to happen.
Lincoln famously said “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
This is how you keep your axe sharp.
This is how you guarantee progress.
This is how you keep your axe sharp.
This is how you guarantee progress.
So, to clarify my original point, success isn’t actually boring.
But it can seem that way.
I’m not saying don’t take the big swings.
But before you do, make sure you’re taking care of the fundamentals.
What are some of your fundamentals? Drop them below 👇
But it can seem that way.
I’m not saying don’t take the big swings.
But before you do, make sure you’re taking care of the fundamentals.
What are some of your fundamentals? Drop them below 👇
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For more on this topic, check out “The Slight Edge” by Jeff Olson and “The Compound Effect” by Darren Hardey.
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