Stop Being Good at Many Things
Stop being good at many things and start being GREAT at a few things. Looking at the 24 hours in each day, we have all been given the same amount of hours to accomplish whatever we want. this time is used is what separates the people who are good at something from the people who are great. In order to truly become great at something, you are going to have to focus and obsess over it to master it.
Anyone who has ever achieved greatness has learned that mastery only comes through intense focus, repetition, and obsession. However, most people, by default, are perpetually distracted by all of the ‘potential opportunities’ out there that they never become great at anything. Today I give you permission to stop focus-hopping and to become a master of something, just thing.
Two tips on how to accomplish greatness…
- Be Eccentric: Excellence and greatness demand focus, which requires saying no. When you start saying no, people will get offended. You will be called rude, inconsiderate, a workaholic, but ultimately people won’t understand your logic or your why. Steve Jobs says it best, “ It is only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important .” Saying no does not have to be a bad thing. How many times have you found yourself at a child’s birthday party for a family you barely know? Oftentimes we will say yes out of a…