At least 80% of most people’s work day is spent on stuff that doesn’t matter.
Stuff that doesn’t product income, freedom, or real joy.
In business, specifically, 80% of most people’s workday is spent on things that simple don’t “move the needle”.
What if you switched the equation. What if you just woke up one day and only worked on stuff that made a difference?
Many of my peers ask me how I got so much insider access in this business so quickly. How is it I can pick up the phone and talk to Mike Filsaime, Armand Morin, Frank Kern, Jeff Walker, Alex Mandossian – or any of my other superstar clients?
(By the way, I don’t mention these names to impress you – I’m just trying to impress something upon you: you’re closer to success than you think).
I started this copywriting/marketing business at the same time a few of my peers started theirs. Yet many of them still struggle to just scrape by, while I’ve had an entirely different experience. Why?
Is it because I’m some kind of genius, with magic powers they don’t have?
No.
It’s mainly because I’ve been able to work on the things that work.
I focused on the 20% of activities that produce 80% of the results.
Example: I don’t let a single day go by without doing something to generate future revenue. So there are all these seeds I have planted along the path behind me – and I’m always harvesting seeds I planted months, in many cases years in the past.
And here’s an admission: I’m not as good at this 80/20 discipline as I’d like to be. Meaning: you don’t have to be perfect at it – you just have to be doing it.
So today, maybe it’s worth asking yourself: am I working on what works? Am I doing something that moves the needle? (HINT: if what you’re working on is Twitter, Facebook, email, or random web surfing… you’re probably not working on what works!)
Just a thought.