It doesn’t matter how good your strategy is, if you’re not skilled at what you do, that strategy won’t take you very far.
When you’re confident about what you do and clear about where you’re going, the right strategy will make itself known. Hence, when your “why” is strong, you’ll figure out “how.”
The how comes from the why. Not the other way around.
Here’s how to become the best at what you do:
- Work On Yourself, Not On Your Job – Your work is a reflection of you. If you’re not getting the results you’re looking for, stop looking for better strategies. Instead, look inside.
- Consistently Put Yourself Into Situations Others Can Only Dream Of – Your results aren’t a reflection of your talent. Lots of people have talent. Few people, however, are required to rise to a difficult challenge.
- Don’t Copy Other People. Make Them Copy You – If you don’t know who you are, you’ll always try to be someone else. And thus, you’ll never be the best. Your work will always be a cheap imitation. It will lack the feeling that produced the work or the idea.
- Stay In Love With The Process – The process — or the work itself — is all there is. Results come and go. And it’s never been about the results. Success is inevitable.
- Never Forget Why You’re Doing This – The moment you start compromising, you won’t stop compromising.
Read the full The Mission article by Benjamin P. Hardy here.