Not All Work
When you have a goal it’s easy to look at someone who is already doing it and then try to reverse engineer their strategy.
In some cases, this is really useful.
Learning from the experiences of successful people is a great way to accelerate your own learning curve.
But it’s equally important to remember that the systems, habits, and strategies that successful people are using today are probably not the same ones they were using when they began their journey.
What is optimal for them right now isn’t necessarily needed for you to get started. There is a difference between the two.
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