![]() ![]() More urgently, each one of us has a unique potential and purpose that means that we’re the only ones who can evaluate and set the terms of our lives. On an individual level, however, it’s absolutely critical that you know who you’re competing with and why, that you have a clear sense of the space you’re in. It’s what drives the market and is behind some of mankind’s most impressive accomplishments. Let’s be clear: competitiveness is an important force in life. It is not enough to have great qualities we should also have the management of themĪll of us waste precious life doing things we don’t like, to prove ourselves to people we don’t respect, and to get things we don’t want. Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of-that’s the metric to measure yourself against.īuild your compass don’t let Ego direct you Make a distinction between the inner scorecard and the external one. The less attached we are to outcomes the better. The deceptively small things are responsible for your successĭon’t Cargo Cult – Resist the impulse to reverse engineer success from other people’s stories.ĭon’t skill the details in your own story – When we achieve our own, we must resist the desire to pretend that everything unfolded exactly as we’d planned. Passing routes were monitored and graded down to the inch. Linemen were drilled on thirty separate critical drills. Quarterbacks were told where and how to hold the ball. There would be no smoking, no fighting, no profanity. Players could not sit down on the practice field.Ĭoaches had to wear a tie and tuck their shirts in.Įveryone had to give maximum effort and commitment. At the most basic level and throughout the organization. Standard of Performance (Also referenced in Barcelona Way): What. Most of what you think you know is out of date or wrong. You have an attitude that needs to be readjusted You’re not nearly as good or as important as you think you are Putting energy into our passions will not lead to purpose Passion Paradox – Staying busy doing things that pleasure our ego but don’t align with our purpose Its breathlessness and impetuousness and franticness are poor substitutes for discipline, for mastery, for strength and purpose and perseverance. They’re distractions.Įach opportunity-no matter how gratifying or rewarding-must be evaluated along strict guidelines: The other “choices” wash away, as they aren’t really choices at all. You know now what it is you need to do and what is important to you. Purpose is something larger than you-to accomplish something, to prove something to yourself
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