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Are we clear? Crystal, Sir. This quote from A Few Good Men is appropriate today, since our chapter is about clarity. Clarity of your mission, clarity of purpose. What is essential? If we could only be excellent at one thing, what would it be? 

Select. As in choose, pick one. Or it could be as in superior, elite. To be honest it could be either definition. But the gist of this chapter is how to decide to make a trade off. What is your selection criteria. If it's not a 90, it's a zero.

Refresh and replenish. Sleep is an important part of being able to separate the essential from the trivial many

Play. Every day. At least a little. Play and don't take yourself too seriously. I like to have a good time. So every day you should make time to laugh a little, no matter how serious you are. 

Look for what's important and extract it from the trivial many that bombard us everyday.

Escape to think, to learn, to discern. We need time set aside to focus on what is essential vs what is trivial

We can not do it all. Instead off asking how can I do both ask what do I want to go big on?

Identifying the essential few out of the trivial many is a must for the essentialist. Use discernment to cut through the clutter.

We may not be in control of what options we have but we are free to choose from among them. The power of choice in our lives cannot be taken away. It can be given away but not taken. Choose wisely

Essentialism - The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, helps us to define and choose those things in our lives that are most important. You cannot be everything to everybody. You can do anything, but not everything. Today is a new week, a new month and a new book. Join me as we delve into what is truly important in your life.

Characteristics and traits of successful people part 2 includes numbers 17-32 of those things that successful people possess. Make a list. Check it regularly.  

Excuses don't get results. Results and success are achieved when you take responsibility. Everyone has excuses, but they are not helpful. Chap 22 lists the 32 different attributes of the successful. We cover the first 16 here. Our next book will be Essentialism by Greg McKeown. You can get your copy here. This is an affiliate link so any purchase made through this link will pay me a small percenta...

You must be everywhere, or somewhere so much that people think you are everywhere. This requires big thinking, 10X thinking. Our next book will be Essentialism by Greg McKeown. You can get your copy here. This is an affiliate link so any purchase made through this link will pay me a small percentage. It does not change the price of the book for you. https://amzn.to/4b3q8Vr

Customer service may be the wrong target. What do you think? Sounds controversial, but the point is, if you don't focus on client aquisition there is no one to be happy with your customer service. 

Criticism is coming. If you are doing things there will be critics. So what. Toughen up, expect it and don't worry about it. Embrace it and drive on

Time marches on. Like it or not. Using it wisely or not. It cannot be slowed down or sped up, but it can be expanded. Your use of time is not really time management it is self management. Let's chat about that.

Fear is teh great indicator. What are you afraid of? Fear is actually an indicator that you are moving in the right direction. Join us as we discuss how irrational fear can be and how to move forward in spite of it.

Burn bright and keep adding to the fire. 

Attack, attack, attack. Don't retreat. Expansion is key to success. Don't back down, when others are stopping their spending on advertising you can double down. If you don't have money, you can double down on effort. Be the movement.

February. A new month and one month in the books for 2026. Grant says it's time to go all in. No half measures allowed. Bet the bank and bank the results

Middle class thinking vs thinking big. Don't get locked in to the comfort and security trap.

Don't compete. Dominate!!!! You may not have as much money as others to get your name out there, but you have the energy, the hustle, the persistence to dominate in any area you DECIDE to dominate.

Are your goals big enough or are they average? Goals need to be massive and connected to your why. Average goals lead to mediocre results. Let's go BIG

You cannot afford to be average. Average leads to failure. You must think MASSIVE

4 Degrees of action. From doing nothing to taking massive action, where do you fall? There may be different levels for different areas of your life, but massive action is what leads to success.