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Become Extraordinary?
Blindspots: Here's a step-by-step guide on how to evaluate yourself and level up.
Jordan Belfort
August 21, 2024
Skill acquisition and relentless practice have the highest impact on individual success. Anyone can be successful with self improvement and we are going to show you how.
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Today’s Business Lessons:
How you can become extraordinary
Tips to identify your strengths and weaknesses
Read time: 4 minutes
INSIGHT
How to Become Extraordinary
The Big Picture: Extraordinary success comes from personal transformation, not innate talent.
Why it Matters: Most people settle for average lives, leaving vast potential untapped. By embracing the journey to extraordinariness, you can achieve remarkable success and outperform your competition.
What You Should Know: There are 5 key elements to becoming extraordinary:
Draw the Line: Make a firm decision to take full responsibility for your life and stop being a victim.
Skill Acquisition: Invest heavily in developing skills that differentiate you from others.
Relentless Practice: Commit to continuous improvement through hard work and repetition.
Harness Negativity: Transform setbacks and failures into fuel for growth and motivation.
Find Your Highest Use: Discover the perfect alignment of your skills, passion, and market demand.
Among these, Skill Acquisition and Relentless Practice have the highest individual impact on achieving extraordinary success.
Combining Skill Acquisition with Harnessing Negativity or Finding Your Highest Use with Relentless Practice is most effective for becoming extraordinary, meaning hard work is an essential ingredient but doesn't work if it's not directed towards the right skills or goals.
Additional Insights:
Natural talent isn't necessary; skills can be taught and learned.
Become an "apex predator" by consistently outperforming others in your field.
Even the naturally gifted invest heavily in skill development.
Past failures don't determine future success if you develop differentiating skills.
As you build extraordinary skills, you'll see more opportunities for success.
ACTION
Your 4-Step Upgrade Manual
For superpowers and failures, we all have our blindspots. Here’s how to identify your strengths and weaknesses:
Step 1: Write Your Own User Manual
Write your own user manual (strengths, weaknesses, triggers)
Challenge your team or close friends to write YOUR user manual so that you can learn what other people think about you
Compare the two and embrace the uncomfortable revelations
Step 2: Interview 10 People About You
Find 5-10 people who know you well and ask them the question "When was I at my best?"
Have them send you an email of a story where you exhibited that characteristic
Side note: you are going to love getting these emails
Step 3: Analyze and Summarize
Identify recurring themes in strengths
Note patterns and also identify weaknesses
Determine what triggers your best performance
Step 4: Create Improvement Schedule
List top blind spots to address
Schedule regular "leveling up" time
Know your strengths and leverage them. You should plan daily activities that enable you to use your strengths
Attack these steps like your future self is watching and judging (because they are). Rinse and repeat this process yearly to stay ahead of the curve and continually level up your awesomeness.
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