Like many of you who may have recently watched Super Bowl 55, I found myself reflecting on what it takes to be the best at what you do. Love him or hate him, you have to respect Tom Brady and what he has accomplished, especially that he is still dominating the game in his forties.
One aspect that I continue to come across as I study greatness, is that the best champions focus on the moment, celebrate the result, but then immediately recalibarate on getting better tomorrow. They don’t get comfortable, they don’t get complacent. This is one reason Tom Brady is arguably the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) when it comes to the QB position.
John Maxwell, in hist interview with Ryan Hawk, summarizes the concept this way:
“Best today, better tomorrow.”
Baseball great, Babe Ruth, creatively says it another way:
“Yesterday’s home run won’t win today’s game.”
Key Points: Focus on the moment in front of you and be the best. Then celebrate your victories, but be intent on getting better tomorrow:
“We overestimate predictions for the future, we underestimate seizing of the moment.” ~ John Maxwell
Powerful Discoveries
1 - Books: Business Made Simple - Absolute life changing book that gives you an MBA in 60 days (you can read it faster if you would like). The cool thing is that you can also apply the strategies and tactics to your life. Author, Donald Miller, has an incredible mind, as the title states, is able to deconstruct everything down into simple frameworks. For a take home application from the book, go and write a mission statement for your life, family, team or organization. This will give you a filter for what to focus on and what to filter out. Here is the “template” from the book:
Mission Statement:
“ I will accomplish ___ (fill in your goal) by ___ (fill in the date) because of ___ (fill in the reason why or the way you will accomplish it).”
Additionally, make your statement great, inspritional, and exciting. How? Imagine William Wallace from the movie Braveheart shouting your mission statement to his warrior soldiers. Can he do it? Will it motivate them to take action? As Miller says in the book, if the answer to this question is ‘no’, then it’s probably not a strong mission statement.
Example using a software company:
Our software will run on half the computers in America by 2029 because nobody should have to suffer an interface that confuses them.
2 - Productivity: “DARE” yourself to get better
I came up with this mnemonic as I needed a framework in which to construct my thoughts for maximizing the moments in life and getting better everyday. The reason for this is that in life, we will all get results one way or another, and they will occur by default or by design. So it is best to design your life so that you can get the results you want. To do so, use the DARE principle as a framework:
Design your life (day, week, month, etc)
Action: take action on your designed life (don’t leave it to default)
Reflect: do an after action review on what went well and what needs work
Edit: make a plan on how you can get better or identify who can make you better
Quote of The Week
“Excitement must lead to immediate action or you will lose the power of the momentum. More dreams die because we fail to seize the moment.” ~ Tony Robbins
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