43: Do the Work

After eating dinner with one of my good friends last night, he shared with me stories about men who used to be great.

They used to make money. And yet, they are now ghosts of greatness. So what changed? They stopped doing the work required to get them to prosperity.

This reminded me of a very valuable lesson:

DO THE WORK.

In many industries, there are certain principles to follow in order to achieve success. And they’re simple! Because of that, it’s often confused as no longer necessary when we start to become successful, but that couldn’t be further from the truth.

What brings success?

There are 3 Strategies with which this can get done:

There’s a natural part of human nature that wants to go look for the “easy way” in everything that we encounter, especially if there are simple principles. These are “hide behind” activities and don’t support us unless we ACT on them by doing the work that is necessary.

The standard is productivity. There’s a time and place for reading instructions, but this doesn’t get anybody wealthy; it’s always DOING THE WORK that brings results.

If you don’t stay relevant in your industry by doing what is required EVERY SINGLE DAY, you will become irrelevant and forgotten.

It’s the simple items that build greatness by doing them every single day. Specific works bring specific results.

Clarity is power. And this requires doing your work consistently.

Ask yourself:

* Where in my life do I need to do the work? 

* What “hide behind” activities have I been doing, preventing me from greatness?

* What can I do to do what is required today to bring success?

Specific works bring specific results. Find the law in which the outcome is predicated and then go do the work.