“Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for ‘realistic’ goals, paradoxically making them the most time and energy-consuming. It’s easier to raise $1,000,000 than it is $100,000. It’s easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.” -Tim Ferriss
1: As human beings, we have a strong aversion to loss.
“We fear and avoid loss far more than we seek gain,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less.
When it comes to personal growth, releasing our previous identity “can feel like an enormous loss,” Dan and Ben note.
“Letting go of who we’ve been, how … continue reading
1: James Clear‘s book Atomic Habits has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
“To put this in proper perspective,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x, “out of the millions of books published each year, less than 20 will go on to sell over one million copies. The average U.S. book sells less than 200 copies per year and less than 1,000 … continue reading
1: The year was 2002. Chad Willardson was one of 100 trainees who started the financial advisor training at Merrill Lynch in Southern California. He was 24 years old.
The success metric was clear: Achieve $15 million under management within 18 months or be fired.
“It was a brutal and intense growth curve,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More … continue reading
1: Imagine our goal is to raise $10 million.
Which is a better approach? Would we rather solve 100 problems at $100,000 each?
Or, attempt to solve a single $30 million problem?
Dr. Alan Barnard, one of the world’s leading experts on constraint theory and decision-making, believes the second approach is a far better strategy.
Why? “For multiple reasons,” Alan believes, as quoted by Dan Sullivan and Ben Hardy… continue reading
“Every next level of your life will require a different you.” -Leonardo DiCaprio
1: Most people get stuck in a 2x mindset. They struggle to manifest 10x in their lives.
They have it backward, Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less.
When we choose a 2x goal, we choose “doing the same things we’re doing now, … continue reading
This week, we’ve been exploring the concept of going 10x in our business and in our lives, as outlined by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy in their book 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less. Today’s post is a powerful narrative of bringing this idea into reality.
1: It was 1983. Shortly after getting married, Linda McKissack and her husband, Jimmy, … continue reading
1: The 80/20 Rule or Pareto Principle tells us that 80 percent of our results come from 20 percent of our effort.
“Bluntly, 20 percent of our focus is producing 80 percent of our best and most desired results,” Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x.
And, “80 percent of our focus is producing a mere 20 percent or less of our best results, … continue reading
1: Carson Holmquist was a micro-manager.
In 2012, when he was 26 years old, he co-founded Stream Logistics, a construction transportation company that provides transportation and logistics (i.e., trucks and trailers) for construction companies.
As CEO, under Carson’s leadership, from 2012 to 2017, the firm grew rapidly, going from 3 to 30 team members, Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs … continue reading
“The only way to make our present better is by making our future bigger.” -Dan Sullivan
1: Marketing expert Joe Polish asked his mastermind group of entrepreneurs this question: “If you wanted to improve your profits by ten percent, how would you do it?”
Each group member spent 10 minutes writing down their best answers, Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy write in 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs … continue reading
