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1.9min Read Last week I wrote about using AI 101. You can find that article HERE. Before I am out on this next email, can you shoot me a reply about the topics you want to hear?
Thanks for your feedback! Now on to the juice! If you don’t take anything else away from this email, take this away— DO MORE THINGS. To be successful, you need to do more. Sounds simple. Maybe even reckless. VERY anti productivity guru schedule hacking and VERY unsexy, BUT the data and studies prove this. Study ONE: “The Matthew Effect” Findings: People who take action and gain early success (even minor) are more likely to attract more opportunities, recognition, and resources over time. Example: An entrepreneur who builds a small, successful project gains credibility and funding for bigger projects Study TWO: “The Luck Surface Area Theory” Findings: The more you take action, the more you expose yourself to potential “lucky” opportunities Example: People who publish more, network more and engage in projects tend to have more “doors” open for them in life. Study THREE: “Pareto Principle" (the 80/20 rule) Findings: Studies on high level entrepreneurs have shown that 20% of people drive 80% of new projects/ businesses and, in return, capture a the majority of the success. What this means: People that take action, naturally filter to the top. Study FOUR: “Grit and Persistence” (Angela Duckworths research) Findings: Long-term perseverance corresponds with much better outcomes in careers, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. BASICALLY, The ability to just keep taking action leads to compounding results over time. Okay, that was a lot. The point I’m trying to make here is that the more you say “yes” and DO THINGS, the more likely you are to be successful at something. It might not even be what you initially started doing, BUT along the way, you built up momentum, connections and a network that compounded into what you found success in. I had a great chat the other day with a buddy of mine that is caught in this cycle of THINKING more than DOING. Here’s what he said: “…I psyche myself out and think that my plate is full. When in reality, it's probably not full…I think it's really a mind game for me. I don’t know about you, but I’ve said those exact same things to myself. And I don’t think that my buddy or me are alone in that. The difference is that I got sick of not being in the game. I got sick of WANTING instead of HAVING or ACHIEVING. It was a realization that every failure is actually just a step in the direction of the end goal; success. It’s a prerequisite. NONE of it is a waste of time. It’s all cumulative. You just have to decide whether you want it bad enough to bet on yourself. Success and failure can truly be boiled down to one thing: Action. Not sure what action to take? Totally get that. I’ve been there. In many ways I’m still there. Shoot me an email back and let’s chat. I’d like to help. For free. Until next time... Stay in the fight, My best tweet this week:
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