🌳 How to Build Skills That Are Valuable

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HOW TO BUILD SKILLS THAT ARE VALUABLE

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Everybody is obsessed with building the next BIG THING yet Nobody is focused on starting from the ground up. We live in a society that values skills, but everyone is obsessed with results. The problem with this is that it can become really easy to get trapped focusing on results when you should really be building your valuable skills.

Because that’s how those that succeed start, they start off with finding a tiny problem, one that seems extremely minute but is just the foundation to taking those skills that they developed from solving these tiny problems and using them to solve bigger ones.

You have to focus on becoming good at your craft not necessarily big at your craft and that’s the trap that many fall into at the start. But if you only focus on these results, then it can be very easy to get distracted from doing the volume of work required to build the valuable skills you need to succeed. And it's the volume that matters. The process is more important than the goal. This is especially true in the beginning. Focus on getting good before you worry about getting big.

In fact, most of what you create early on — even if it's good — probably won't be that good. If you take football players for example, It takes an average of 15 years of playing in the dark from an infant to a professional before they get signed by a big club and are brought to the spotlight. The reason that timeframe is so common is that those footballers don’t start off playing football to make it big. They start off and continue because they love the sport and if they are good enough then they can pursue that path.

ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS:

Focus on step one, how can you get very good at what you love to do?

TAKEAWAYS:

Those that succeed don’t focus on getting big at their craft but extremely good at it which in time makes them big.

BOOK OF THE WEEK ⤵️

The book of the week is ‘The Power Of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle. It’s a book about Spiritual Enlightenment. It presents itself as a discussion about how people interact with themselves and others. The concept of self-reflection and presence. Check it out HERE

CREATOR OF THE WEEK ⤵️

The creator of the week is a youtube based creator known as @nathanieldrew. He makes content about how to live a better and more fulfilling life. He shares stories, Insights, lessons and more with an extremely personal touch. Check him out HERE

LESSON OF THE DAY ⤵️

Work so smart that people are forced to call you lucky.