What A-Players Do That You Don’t

Similarly, I think people need to ask themselves – and it might be easier if we ask each other – What do you really want to be doing? How did you fall in love in the first place? People start optimizing for things like “hm, if I did this I would get 5% more traffic” or “I would get to the next follower milestone” I think because it’s visible, and i... See more

If we flip these round, we can see that: When you do something that feels like play, you want to keep doing it; the more you play, the better you become. When you give something your undivided attention, you put your heart and soul into it and bring your full abilities to bear on it. When you are focused on the task itself, you take time to get to

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Having the vision and motivation to go for a 1-of-1 purpose are the most important elements. But what if we want to thrive in the pursuit of our goal? What does that look like?

First, and one of the hardest parts: you must give up your desire for approval from others . When pursuing a 1-of-1 vision, you aren’t going to be the most popular or celebra... See more

The most successful people in the world know that work is about helping and creating value for other people. As Newport states, “If you want to love what you do, abandon the passion mindset (‘what can the world offer me?’) and instead adopt the craftsman mindset (‘what can I offer the world?’).”