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Hit the Ceiling on Your Talent
Time to Hit Your Head
It’s time to hit your head
on the ceiling of your talent.
And then break through it.
I’ve passed this along in prior messages, but it is always worth repeating:
We are entitled to the the limits we put on ourselves.
So flipping that around into actions, what does that mean?
It means you have to go out each day and risk failure.
You have to go to a place beyond what you think is personally possible.
You have to set a target that you think is impossible to reach.
And then you adventure to that spot and see if you get there. If you do get there, it means you could go further — your talent has more capacity then you expected.
If you don’t get to that place, you will have then you hit your head on the ceiling of your talents, and you’ll identify where you can grow.
You have to risk something to find a new level of performance.
What’s one thing you are challenging yourself to do this month to find the ceiling or find new heights?
Take the courageous path!
“I want to risk hitting my head on the ceiling of my talent. I want to really test it out and say, ‘Okay, you're not that good. You just reached the level here.’ I don't ever want to fail, but I want to risk failure every time out of the gate.”
— Quentin Tarantino
My Book Has Arrived . . .
In a prior newsletter, I shared that I was challenged to write a book in 30 days. This is the product of that challenge. I’m so grateful for the push and proud of the book itself.
Thank you to Allyson Lewis for the push and guidance (learn more about Allyson and her coaching platform here.
If you’d like a copy, email me your address and I’ll send you a free copy.
I want to invest in you and I think this book will give you a boost. If you love it, post about it and link to my website. If you don’t like it, let me know how I can make the next one better.
PS: It is a small book — under 10,000 words . . . I say this so you won’t be surprised at how easy it is to read. One friend described as “Eric in your pocket.”
Also, Officially in Print . . .
While I wrote this book a while ago, I never printed or registered it — a self-publishing failure on my part. But as mentioned in my prior newsletter, I “dusted” this book off, updated it, got it registered and printed it.
2 books turned out to be easy in 30 days once I realized I had all the resources I needed at hand.
Let me know if you would also like copy of this book too by sending me your address via email. It is also pocketable entrepreneurship advice.
How to Be Number One in Formula One
“Attention to detail” is the Winning Attitude:
“Wolff is a self-admitted stickler for even the smallest details. He told me that when he first visited the Mercedes team’s factory, in Brackley, England, he walked into the lobby and sat down to wait for the team principal he would come to replace. “On the table were a crumpled Daily Mail newspaper from the week before and two old paper coffee cups,” Wolff recalled. “I went up to the office to meet him, and at the end of our conversation I said, ‘I look forward to working together. But just one thing—that reception area doesn’t say “F1,” and that’s where it needs to start if we want to win.’ He said, ‘It’s the engineering that makes us win,’ and I replied, ‘No, it’s the attitude. It all starts with an attention to detail.’” ... This mindset has contributed to the emergence of an organization that is obsessed with excellence—one that constantly aims to raise its standards and set the benchmark within its sport.”
Learn more here: https://hbr.org/2022/11/number-one-in-formula-one
In a World of Generative AI Why Should We Write?
“Writing is the process by which you realize that you do not understand what you are talking about. Importantly, writing is also the process by which you figure it out.”
Nice article here: https://fs.blog/why-write/
Or put another way:
“Thoughts disentangle themselves when they pass through the lips and fingertips.”
- Dawson Trotman
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