How to Win (At ANYTHING)
Summary
- Impress future you, not others; focus on personal growth and what you can control.
- Winning means doing the things that make future you successful in all areas like health, relationships, business, and investing.
- Avoid comparing yourself to those you surpass; complacency is a risk if you're already at the top.
- For those climbing, focus on what you control and ignore advantages or disadvantages you were born with; excuses don't count.
- Invert problems to find solutions; our brains are wired to identify problems more easily than solutions.
- Imagine the least successful version of you to understand what not to do, then invert those actions to know what to do to win.
- Break down tasks into basic actions so that you, and anyone on your team, can understand and execute them.
- Skills are the currency of success; assess and build the skills necessary to achieve your goals.
- Commit to continual learning; if you can learn something, it is a skill that can be taught.
- Reject the notion of inborn traits; most characteristics are learned and can be developed.
- Operationalize traits into observable actions to improve and measure progress.
- Confidence is a result of repeated action and success in the past; practice skills until they're second nature.
- Economic downturns are opportunities to build wealth and skill; the fewer people that remain in tough times, the greater the rewards.
- External factors like economic climate and internal motivations are reasons why you might not be doing what you need to do to win.
- Motivation comes from psychological deprivation, feeling a gap between where you are and where you want to be.
- Change who you compare yourself to if you want to motivate yourself; compare to future you for a healthy mindset.
- Identity is a description of consistent actions; to change your identity, change your actions.
- Start changing behavior during the busiest times to ensure the changes stick, even when it gets busy again.
- Time is about prioritization, not availability; there's always time if you're spending it on the right activities.
- Avoid the 'when, then' fallacy; do the actions now to become who you want to be.
- Focus on the activities rather than feelings; continue taking the right actions irrespective of how you feel.
- Embrace hard times as proof of your commitment and perseverance; this is what you signed up for.
- If you learn and still do not change, you haven't learned; apply the knowledge and don't just think about it.
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How To Take Action
I would suggest focusing on personal growth and what you can actually control. Start impressing the future you by taking care of yourself in all areas of life, like health and business. Don't worry about being better than others; concentrate on getting better than who you were yesterday.
A good way of finding solutions is to flip the script. Think about the least successful you—what actions lead there? Avoid those. Do the opposite. This helps you figure out what not to do.
Break down big goals into basic actions. This way, you can understand and do them, no sweat. Think about skills you need for your goals. Can you learn them? If yes, these are skills you can totally build. Remember: any trait you think is inborn is usually something you can develop.
Operationalize traits by turning them into real actions you can see. Like if you wanna be confident, practice certain skills a lot. When tough economic times hit, see them as a chance to grow your wealth and skills. The less competition, the bigger the reward for sticking it out.
Motivation is all about feeling a gap between where you are and where you want to be. Adjust who you compare yourself to. Instead of looking at others, focus on becoming better than you used to be.
Change your behavior when you're most busy. This makes sure the changes stick around even during the busiest times. Remember, time is about what you make a priority. There's always time if you're picking the right things to do.
Lastly, don't just learn things. Apply them. Action is key. So, to wrap it up, do this stuff:
- List the actions that'll make future you succeed.
- Turn those into smaller steps you can do easily.
- Build skills by learning and practicing.
- Find your motivation by aiming to close the gap towards future you.
- Change during busy times.
- Prioritize your time for the most impactful activities.
- Act now, don't wait for the "right" moment.
Stick with it, and you'll be well on your way—you can totally do this!
Quotes
"The only people who like excuses are the ones giving them."
– Alex Hormozi
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"Our brains are programmed to find threats to make sure we live to see another day, not so that we enjoy today."
– Alex Hormozi
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"If you can learn it, it is a skill. And if it's a skill, you can teach it."
– Alex Hormozi
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"The work works on you more than you work on it."
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"If you do not change, you did not learn."
– Alex Hormozi
