From Average to Awesome – One Powerful Idea
I’m currently reading this book called “Taking You from Average to Awesome” by Brian Mennis which talks about the 8 keys to making a quantum leap. While mainly focusing on transforming someone’s average business into an awesome one, the lessons far go beyond simply business acumen.
Wherever you are in life, whatever you may be doing, I can assure you that if you apply the powerful following idea, someone, somewhere, someday will study you and your results and they will stand in awe of both you and what you have accomplished with your life.
To illustrate some of the keys to moving from average to awesome – inspiring awe, inspiring an overwhelming feeling of reverence, and admiration – let me share with you one of the 8 keys to making a quantum leap.
This key is best illustrated by Henry David Thoreau’s quote “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?”
As you may have guessed, one of the 8 keys to making a quantum leap is about FOCUS, and more specifically getting focused on the right activities.
Most people I know, whether in business or employee, would admit that a large portion of their days gets eaten up taking care of trivial things that are just really interruptions to the flow of their day. In other words, “they are majoring in minor things”. We easily create a false sense of being busy. However, busy and productive are not the same.
Productivity requires to focus on the right things – those that matter the most, those that give you the greatest amount of results with the least amount of energy expended. Another way to put it is to basically focus on your highest values – the things that are most important and meaningful to you, the things where you have the greatest strength and unique abilities.
So how can you do that when there are hundreds of things to take care of every day?
One simple way to focus on the right things is to limit your options. Most of us believe that taking everything on our own, with no help from anyone else, is a sign of strength. Well, sorry to disappoint, but it is not!
So today, I encourage you to challenge this belief system because otherwise, it will hinder your potential because it’s keeping you:
- Doing the things that you may not be good at in the first place.
- Too busy to get to the things that you are a genius at.
- Overwhelming and draining your energy which is not sustainable.
Stop being the “jack of all and master of none” and do the following exercise:
- Make a list of all things you do every day (and I mean everything…).
- Start to eliminate the tasks that give you little return for your time, energy, and efforts.
- Decide on which of the remaining task are critical for you and prioritise them by order of importance. The number one task is the one that would give you the greatest punishment if it wasn’t accomplished in time.
It’s about Identifying the right things and findings ways to delegate, eliminate or systemise the rest that needs to be done.
It’s all about “working smart, not working harder…” and enjoying the process.
In Nutshell:
For most people, a large portion of their days gets eaten up taking care of trivial things that are just really interruptions to the flow of their day. This creates a false sense of being busy which is not the same as being productive. Productivity requires to focus on the right things – those that matter the most, those that give you the greatest amount of results with the least amount of energy expended.
One simple way to focus on the right things is to limit your options – delegate, eliminate, or systemise what needs to be done.
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