Saturday Success: faster/slower method, rich guilt & 7 secrets of top performers 💪🏼
Making life & money work for you.
Welcome back to the Saturday Success Series email!
This week we have:
Master Yourself: Try the faster/slower method
Master Your Money: Get over rich guilt
The Weekly Special: 7 secrets of top performers
The goal here is maximum value, so let’s get to it.
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Master Yourself
You may have heard of James Clear. Bit of a household name now.
He wrote the best habits book in the world (Atomic Habits) and he offers straight up dimes in his weekly newsletter.
This was one that stood out to me.
Faster. If I had to go from start to finish in half the time, what would I do?
Slower. If I could afford to spend double the time on it, what would I do?
There’s a way to work these together to create beautiful things efficiently.
What are all the nice touches you’d add if given the time?
How can you get it all done twice as fast?
Those are two questions you can ask frequently. The results are usually pretty damn good.
I do this a lot when I write.
I ask myself how would an article look if I took a week to write it? Now how can I get it done in 2 hours?
This usually culminates in a quick outlook of all the things I’d add and then I fill the outline in (relatively) quickly during a focused session.
Try it out.
Master Your Money
“I don’t care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.” - Mark Cuban
I’m very interested in building wealth.
Why?
Freedom, security and the ability to be incredibly generous.
Building wealth isn’t a bad thing.
You can take care of yourself, your family and your community when you’re wealthy.
Stop feeling bad about wanting more money.
Weekly Special
7 Secrets of Top Performers
We all know top performers.
The ones who take home the awards. Take home the most money. Earn the most accolades. Are in high demand.
Nothing says you can’t be one of them. Except your own limitations that you’ve created in your own mind.
Here are the traits they all have in common.
They’re optimistic
They’re relentlessly positive and they expect things to go in their favor.
When you believe that at your core, most things do go in your favor.
Colin Powell said it best- optimism is a force multiplier.
They create more than they consume
By far.
They write content, they build businesses, they create art.
They don’t spend a ton of time watching Netflix or shopping.
They’re confident
which allows them to be risk-tolerant.
They try new things, take leaps of faith, and understand that safe doesn’t lead to success.
This doesn’t mean they take stupid risks. They look for low risk, high reward opportunities.
They’re patient
They understand success is a process that takes years. “Overnight success” is an oxymoron.
Top performers create plans, then they follow them consistently.
They exercise
Because a strong body builds a strong mind.
Working out also gives you energy and confidence.
They prioritize ruthlessly
They understand what’s important so they ignore what’s not.
They work on their top items daily. You won’t find them doing busy work.
They’re self-reliant
They understand that they can solve their own problems, acquire wisdom from mentors and books and that they see opportunities instead of excuses.
There’s no victim mentality. There’s no blame game. Just a whole lot of personal responsibility.
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