Sounds very meta I agree. There’s this fixation in life that you can only be good at one thing and one thing only so whoever coined this phrase good hustle. Sure to be in the top 1% of a field it takes a significant amount of sacrifice, luck and consistency on top of the usual hard work but what if you just want to be very good. Let’s say the top 5 or even 15%, does this still apply?
Growing up I never believed this. Whatever I truly put my mind to do I would. This resulted in a plethora of gold medals, LOTS of second and third places and decorum over my family home. This isn’t about me though. This is about a little glimpse of what helped me during those times.
1. Binge it!
Be it being great at Yoga, a fighter, a great swimmer or even ok at math submerge yourself within your area. A few hours. A day. 2 weeks of it. The aim is for your subconscious to even think about it. Dream it. Feel it.
2. Break that b**** up
Sure you could just start from anywhere or follow everyone else’s guides but we rarely do. Break down your area into subjects as if you were to teach a younger relative the 10 or even 20 most important things to do with your craft. Remember they’re reeeeally young so you have to throw out all of those buzz words.
3. Low hanging fruit
This is probably the easiest concept to understand. Sort them by the long hanging fruit. The easier ones to do. Things you can tick off your list faster than the others.
4. Plan it, do it and then plan again
Make a plan everyday, 1 piece of your 10/20/30 for each day. Focus on that area. Any videos you watch close to the subject this is the only thing that should be on your mind.
*BONUS* – Sticky note in your bed, bathroom, front door and kitchen. The more you see it, the better.
5. Teach backs…yay :(
Get a whiteboard, blackboard, greenboard, paper and teach back someone like your life depends on it. Be that a much older relative or a really young one. I personally like teaching back a ghost with a timer of 3 minutes. Gets the blood pumping.
*BONUS 2* – Translate all jargon into your own words. No ‘meticulous’, ‘magnanimous’, ‘XYZZZHZJZJJ formation delta’ good old everyday common mans English
Sounds simple right.
All it takes is consistency. That’s all. No super brain power needed.
Be Super.
