Learn more about productivity with this collection
How to build trust and respect with team members
How to communicate effectively
How to motivate and inspire others
Do Less — Then Obsess
Top performers definitely focus on fewer goals — but they also obsess like crazy over them, to produce quality work.
That extreme dedication to their priorities creates extraordinary results.
8.36K
11.2K reads
MORE IDEAS ON THIS
Feel Passion & Purpose
- People think passion has to come from being excited about the tasks you perform. It doesn’t. There are 6 ways to derive passion from your work: Task passion, achievement passion, creative passion, people passion, learning passion and competence passion.
- Purpose is about creati...
6.07K
7.77K reads
Deliberate Practice In The Workplace
- Pick one and only one skill at a time to develop.
- Dedicate 15 minutes a day to reviewing your performance on a workplace skill.
- Isolate micro-behaviors. If you want to give a better presentation, break down what goes into a good presentation and set a go...
6.21K
7.71K reads
CURATED FROM
IDEAS CURATED BY
Related collections
Other curated ideas on this topic:
Perfectionism: The Good
The good aspects of being perfect are intrinsic motivation, extreme focus, ambitious goals, strong work ethic and high personal standards. They are also highly coachable.
Elite performers are often perfectionists as their activity requires error-free performance.
Too Much Focus On The Goal
An overly intense focus on a goal can lead to what cognitive psychologists call goal neglect. That may seem counterintuitive to the average goal-oriented MBA or entrepreneur, but take, for example, the dynamic at work in micromanagement.
Often, when leaders micromanage employees, an i...
Mastery Also Involves Boredom
Mastery does not happen by chance. If you want to fulfil your potential, you must practice consistently at a specific skill over a long time. But the top performers in any craft also figure out a way to fall in love with boredom or monotony that comes from putting in the hours and doing t...
Read & Learn
20x Faster
without
deepstash
with
deepstash
with
deepstash
Personalized microlearning
—
100+ Learning Journeys
—
Access to 200,000+ ideas
—
Access to the mobile app
—
Unlimited idea saving
—
—
Unlimited history
—
—
Unlimited listening to ideas
—
—
Downloading & offline access
—
—
Supercharge your mind with one idea per day
Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.
I agree to receive email updates