241. The Lever You Need to Break Through (10X Series: Part 1)
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Oct 24, 2023
Feeling trapped by the daily grind? Discover how to shift from reactive to residual thinking for long-term success. Explore the power of leveraging efforts to achieve extraordinary results without burnout. Learn about building systems for sustainable growth and identify key levers that can transform your next decade. Plus, hear about supportive resources for entrepreneurial growth along the way. Get ready to break through your limitations!
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Linear vs. Residual Results
Linear results are one-time outputs from inputs, requiring daily effort.
Residual results, conversely, offer ongoing benefits from a single effort, even while you rest.
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Leveraging Effortless Results
Recognize that there are tools to turn modest effort into effortless, repeating results.
Residual results compound like interest, creating effortless power over time.
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Working *On* Your Life
Shift your focus from working in your life/business/family to working on them.
Create systems that work for you, stacking the deck in your favor through leverage.
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In 'Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less,' Greg McKeown argues that by applying a more selective criteria for what is essential, individuals can regain control of their time and energy. The book is divided into sections such as Explore, Eliminate, and Execute, providing practical advice on distinguishing the vital few from the trivial many and eliminating non-essential activities. McKeown emphasizes the importance of clarity of focus, the ability to say 'no,' and living 'by design, not by default.' This approach helps readers achieve more by doing less and making the highest possible contribution in their personal and professional lives.
Effortless
Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most
Greg McKeown
In 'Effortless', Greg McKeown offers practical tools and strategies for achieving more with less effort. The book is organized into three parts: the effortless state, effortless action, and effortless results. McKeown argues that not everything has to be hard and provides methods for turning tedious tasks into enjoyable rituals, preventing frustration, setting a sustainable pace, and automating essential tasks. His philosophy emphasizes the importance of finding easier ways to accomplish what matters most, rather than perpetually overexerting oneself[1][2][5].
Have you ever been trapped by reactively doing things that just get results one time today? That just get you through the immediate, urgent needs of your life and don't seem to be able to get you ahead? I know I have, and for a lot of people, they really feel that this is the best that they can do, but we have learned by experience that there's a much, much better way than this: to shift between linear thinking and residual thinking, between linear results and residual results. This is part one of a five part series focused specifically on how you can achieve 10X results, however you want to measure that, but without burning out. This is loosely based on the last five chapters of Effortless, so if you have your copy, you can use that to be able to do further reading, and if you haven't got your copy yet, now is the time to begin. By the end of this episode, you will have learned the first lever that you can use to be able to break through to that next level, but without burning out.
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