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PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS
Stop Trying to Be Well-Rounded!
Good at Everything?
To be well-rounded, you have to be good at everything
But to be good at everything makes it impossible to be GREAT at ANYTHING…
PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS
Who’s Matt Flynn?
Do you know this guy?PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS
Matt Flynn
Is the drummer for Maroon 5But Adam Levine is who everyone thinks of when they think of Maroon 5But without Matt Flynn, Adam Levine and Maroon 5 would sound pretty lame
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The Point…
•We all have different and equally important talents•As individuals we’re stars and we should be. We
should be the very best at what we’re good at.• In teams we become well rounded• In teams we accomplish more than we ever can as
individuals
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But Talent is overrated, right?
• You CAN be good at EVERYTHING!• You just have to want it! …and spend 10,000 hours in focused practice
Just 4.8 YEARS @ 40 hours a week.
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The Problem With This Theory…
• Say two teenagers are enrolled in a speed reading course• Kid #1 is an average reader. He starts the course reading
90 WPM. At the end he increases to 150. That’s a 67% improvement!• Kid #2 is a talented reader. He starts at about 300 WPM.
He increases to 2,900 WPM! – an improvement of 860%!• This is based on a real situation.• Turns out, talent isn’t over rated.
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But I want to be well-rounded!
• I have to be good at everything!• I want to be everything to everyone.
•YES! ….If you want to be mediocre in all things.
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Oprah!
Is Oprah good at everything?How is she at accounting? Is she a great chef? What about her free-throw percentage?Oprah isn’t famous for any of that stuff.Oprah said this:“I know where my lane is, and I know how to stay in my lane.”
Oprah isn’t trying to be well-rounded.
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Stop Trying to be Well-rounded!
What are your strengths?When have you felt energized at work, be it your job, a project or task? C’mon, think! Everyone has had this experience at some time in their life.Did you learn that job or task rapidly and with ease?Did the time seem to pass without notice?What were the component parts of that job or task that you really loved?These are indications of your strengths…
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Now Go and Work On Strengths
What are you going to do now?If you’re not working with your strengths, figure out how you can.Get a coach, mentor or trusted friend to help you.Figure out how you can get back to that energized state and work there every day.
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