Improving Personal Capacity and Speed of Execution

Sep 25

This weekend was a ranch weekend. Nothing like taking a couple of days to re-center and focus on where we need to go. I might be sporting a Formula one hat and a Jackson hole shirt but it was all ranch this weekend 😊 The extra quiet time helped me finish the week quietly and focus on improving personal capacity and increasing our speed of execution.

We have huge opportunities coming our way and we have to be positioned properly to take advantage of the opportunities coming down the pipe. As an industry we are in a massive state of change. Many companies have been built for and during the good times. When the tide goes out with this economy, the companies that were naked will be seen for what they really are. If we are diligent and strategic now we will be well prepared to act when the opportunities present themselves.

Focus on your wildly important initiatives, concentration on what you can do to move the needle 1% closer to your goal, create a power hour to focus on and finish what matters most. And everything else will fall into place.

Notes that Resonated:

Hustle is crucial but putting first things first is vital
Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion; you sink to the level of your training and preparation
Intention sets your direction
Committing to the race or goal isn’t the tough part. Committing to the training and discipline is the hard part but it’s the only thing that moves the needle
You are the story that you tell yourself
If a job is overly difficult you are probably using the wrong tool
Complacency and bureaucracy are the enemy of a company and we need to fight them from every corner
How can we shorten the length of time from idea to implementation?
Keep pushing to disrupt yourself and your business
Are you working 40 hours or are you working a dialed 40 hours?
As you ascend the expectation of you also ascends
Improve Capacity & Speed of implementation- Execution is not enough the speed of the execution will also define the level of success
GETMO- What tasks or projects can I move to “GETMO” status? (Good enough to move on)
Domino tasks- What task can you complete that will help everything else fall in line or speed everything else up?
Peak time- know your personal clock. what time is your peak time (or when your brain is the most productive) schedule your power hour
Focus- What are the key things that support your wildly important goals and spend focused time daily on those projects or task only. Move everything else out of the way
Do it today: Why wait for tomorrow when it can be done today. What tasks do you have right now that are committed to be done by the end of the week when they can be done by the end of the day? What can you do today to move the wildly important project 1% closer to completion
Dream in years, plan in months, execute in days

Top Quotes:

Greatness is 3% what everyone sees under the bright lights, and 97% your hustle in the dark – Metcaf
Hustle is the most important word ever – Gary Vaynerchuck
Dreams are free… hustle is sold separately. -metcalf
Our greatest fear in life should not be of failure but of succeeding at the things in life that don’t really matter. - Francis Chan

Things read:

Key ideas from the book:

How to rise to the top in any market
The power of building authentic relationships versus networking
Greatness looks easy to those not around when all the training and hard work happens
The myths that stop people from living their dreams
How to leverage an entrepreneurial mindset even when working a corporate job
How your biggest weaknesses can become your secret weapon

Podcasts I listened to:

Creating an unforgettable experience: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/social-media-marketing-podcast/id549899114?i=1000578016885 (raving fans) savanna bananas, marketing differently

Get more done- Think media podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/productivity-tips-get-more-done-in-the-next-7-days/id1492533163?i=1000579565405

Videos watched:

Never bet against innovation: https://youtu.be/-t4gBE1tyDQ these tokens could replace mortgage lenders.

https://youtu.be/dpJDWiHjraY ($250 million real estate)- Seriously the math on this mortgage would be crazy 😊

Things Discovered: Web3 & NFT research

Web3 https://youtu.be/eAMCcnxXLhM

NFT- non fungible tokens

Audius- New way to share music content the NFT way. https://audius.co

https://youtu.be/DUKINsBr9Z0 (Ava labs and blockchain)

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