083: Laws of Success and the Problem Solver’s Mindset: Become An Above-Average Entrepreneur, Get Results Out of Every Course You Consume, and Succeed in Every Journey You Take

"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. -- Bill Gates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0zt2rI1Ih8 Remember Four Daily Tasks? No matter how crazy or "complicated" you try to make your productivity and time management, this is what always keeps me productive: 10 minute early morning, 40 minute morning, 40 minute early afternoon, 40 minute afternoon three day window: forget about the 100 item to-do list or 4-week plan. What's this week? degrees of doneness: no chipping away, starting, continuing. What did you finish? accountability & encryption: list out the acronyms of what you're going to do distractions: don't check your phone, email, Twitter, or the news (it will find you) Principle #1: Complete For Now / Minimum Viable Product Keep it simple. Don't fool yourself into thinking complicated is better, or 100x half finished things are better than 1 finished thing (don't replicate the mistakes) -- get the bugs out Abundance mindset: there's enough room for everybody. A rising tide lifts all boats. Continuous learning, childlike curiosity The Kid Test / The Mom Test: Can you describe what you're doing (list building, FB fan pages, Amazon FBA, etc.) to a five-year old? It's okay to spend way more time taking action than spending time thinking Principle #2: Publish 100 Actions 100 blog posts, 100 YouTube videos, 100 Kindle books, 100 podcast episodes (but COMPLETE one at a time) 100 Days: Give it at least 3 months (100 days) of consistent daily action (and make some progress every day) Make some money as fast as possible as encouragement for you to keep going Appointment based business If you don't have your own system & schedule, everyone will pull you in all directions. Don't plan it out ahead of time, but "put out" 100 things Completion (day 1 isn't when you start learning, it's when your first "thing" is published) Repetitions. Fail forward fast. Do what most people won't do. You can't learn to drive by reading the owner's manual 1000 times. Have a morning routine to get a jump on the day and do what matters before things distract you Principle #3: The Light at the End of the Tunnel Know exactly what you're building towards (i.e. 20 sales a day, 5k/month Fiverr income) Implement and experiment. Don't learn just to learn, re-teach or criticize. Focus on just one thing at a time. Improve just one variable. Principle #4: Data Scientist Track your efforts and results in a spreadsheet Marketplace Need: Create blog posts, videos, podcasts, products, courses that deliver on what people are asking for Crack the code: make all the mistakes, correct them, streamline that checklist (remove instead of add), stop doing what isn't working Track it: You're fooling yourself into think you're doing so much Principle #5: Computer Programmer Mentality break the problem down into manageable sub-problems or milestones. It's ok to admit you don't know. Find out what you need to know! Some questions have no answer, or just aren't important. Don't look for so many questions. Find "a" path to get where you need to go. Principle #6: Rough Numbers Know your rough numbers (this is how 4DT came out, number of help desk tickets answered, clicks from emails, webinar attendees) Embrace the Chaos: you need some degree of "messiness" in your business. JVZoo, RAP, multiple membership sites instead of one Separate the forest from the trees Principle #7: Get a Coach Admit when you don't know something: don't "juggle" it all in your head See what someone more successful than you is doing. Know what the "next" problem is that you're solving. Know how to ask a real question. Role Modeling & Anti Role Modeling: what would X do in this situation? and what would this unsuccessful person say about this? Pitfalls to Stay Away From