‘How’ limits you to your own knowledge, experience and capabilities. It requires you to engage your time, energy and attention into a particular task that may or may not matter. Worse, ‘how’ decreases your freedom of time.‘Who’, connects you with different knowledge, experiences and capabilities. ‘Who’ gets you desired results as effectively as possible. ‘Who’ immediately frees up hundreds of hours for you to put into stuff that really matters. Above all, ‘Who’ expands your vision for what’s possible, because you no longer see yourself as the sole entity of achieving the desired results.

The How Vs The Who

To succeed, you must put in the effort and become great at what you do. However, if you try to do everything yourself, you’ll end up diluting your energy/focus.The secret to true success and freedom is to focus your energy on the areas that leverage your strengths, creativity, and passions, so you can generate the greatest impact.

Go For Gold Using Your Focus And Energy

The “Who Not How” approach is not about exploiting others. It’s about building a collaborative network where each person can offer his/her unique strengths while leveraging others’ strengths.To find the right “Who”, you must:• Get clear on what you want.• Communicate your vision widely.• Ask “who can help me achieve this?”• Once you’ve found your Who, engage and support them to realize the shared vision.

The Who Approach Explained

Each of us has only 24 hours a day. How well you master your time determines how much you can accomplish. With the right “Whos”, you can focus on doing what you love and are great at, spend less time on the things you hate or are bad at, and tap on others strengths/resources. The outcome = exponentially better results, personal growth and less procrastination.

Gaining The Freedom Of Time

To really succeed and reach a higher level of performance, you have to shift from a How-mentality to a Who-mentality. By focusing on who you work with rather than trying to do everything yourself, you'll find your levels of achievement will rise at the same time as you get dramatically more freedom. It's a win-win situation.When you're thinking about a new project, or how to take your current project to the next level, think "Who Not How". Just this simple change of mindset can and will be a game-changer.

A Simple Change Of Mindset

Creating 10X or 100X results in your life and business may initially sound ridiculous, but it is fundamental to applying Who Not How. You need bigger goals. You need a bigger vision.  The only way to make your present better is by making your future bigger. Going 10X bigger in your vision, whether that be income or revenue or some other metric, forces you to get Whos involved, because the task at hand literally becomes impossible to do on your own. Those are the types of goals you need to start envisioning.

Creating 100X Results

Procrastination is the unfortunate by-product of asking ‘How’ instead of ‘Who?’ Most of the time when you’re procrastinating, you’re saying to yourself this goal is amazing, but you’re not the one to do everything necessary. There are countless brilliant and capable ‘Whos’ out there waiting and wanting to help you. But first, as a leader, you need to understand your vision well and clearly articulate it.

Killing Procrastination

To achieve the freedom of money, you must first achieve the freedom of time. And by achieving the freedom of time, you achieve the freedom of your mind and the privilege to focus on higher impact activities which automatically increase your income. Put it simply, improving how you spend your time increases your chances and ability to make money. And more often than not, what you need is the right ‘Who’ in a specific area of your life to eliminate decision fatigue in that area. Eliminating decision fatigue should be your primary goal if you want to achieve time and money freedom.

Time Creates Money

Extreme commitment comes from the clarity of vision and the autonomy to bring that vision to life in whatever way the Who sees fit. That’s why transformational leaders invest in their Whos. They challenge them, help them see the vision and ultimately get them committed as much as they do.

Committing To Specific Results

The belief that you can do all the Hows by yourself is rather a limiting belief. It’s not noble. It’s a scarcity mindset and cost avoidance. And trying to avoid costs by keeping it all on your shoulders only costs you in the long run.When you start to see Whos as an investment, rather than costs, you can 10X your results, develop transformational relationships and give more than you take. Better yet, when you start to see yourself as an investment, rather than a cost, you expand your freedom of time, money and energy.

Don't Avoid Costs, Spend To Avoid Problems

Never be afraid to say no to people and opportunities that don’t align with your vision and values. When you start to practice that and walk the talk, your team will become confident in you and your vision. And as you make even more courageous decisions based on the future you want to create, you make even bolder leaps toward your freedom and success.

Avoid Wrong Whos

It’s the collaboration, not ruinous competition, that gives birth to extraordinary results. You’ll never have all the answers, which is fine because you can always seek other people’s perspectives and solutions. Ask for help when you need it. People like to help. Why would you refuse to receive that exact same thing you give to others?

Start Collaborating

As you grow your Time and Money Freedoms, you’ll meet world-class mentors and collaborators who can bring you and your products/services to even greater heights. You’ll also have the flexibility to connect/partner with people you want to build relationships with.

The Freedom Of Relationships

With more Whos working on your goals, you’ll have more time to focus on the things that you’re good at. This allows you to increase your earning capacity and eventually attain the Freedom of Money (i.e. having enough money to solve most problems).

The Freedom Of Money

Each time you add a Who with complementary strengths/resources and fresh perspectives, you address your gaps/weaknesses, free up your time/energy for what matters most, expand your vision, and increase your freedom of time, money and relationships. You become truly free to pursue your dreams instead of getting stuck in the daily grind.

The Freedom Of Purpose

To really succeed and reach a higher level of performance, you have to shift from a How-mentality to a Who-mentality. By focusing on who you work with rather than trying to do everything yourself, you'll find your levels of achievement will rise at the same time as you get dramatically more freedom. It's a win-win situation.

The world's foremost entrepreneurial coach shows you how to make a mindset shift that opens the door to explosive growth and limitless possibility--in your business and your life. Have you ever had a new idea or a goal that excites you... but not enough time to execute it? What about a goal you really want to accomplish...but can't because instead of taking action, you procrastinate? Do you feel like the only way things are going to get done is if you do them? But what if it wasn't that way? What if you had a team of people around you that helped you accomplish your goals (while you helped them accomplish theirs)? When we want something done, we've been trained to ask ourselves: "How can I do this?" Well, there is a better question to ask. One that unlocks a whole new world of ease and accomplishment. Expert coach Dan Sullivan knows the question we should ask instead: "Who can do this for me?" This may seem simple. And it is. But don't let the lack of complexity fool you. By mastering this question, you will quickly learn how billionaires and successful entrepreneurs like Dan build incredible businesses and personal freedom. This book will teach you how to make this essential paradigm-shift so you can: • Build a successful business effectively while not killing yourself • Immediately free-up 1,000+ hours of work that you shouldn't be doing anyway • Bypass the typical scarcity and decline of aging and other societal norms • Increase your vision in all areas of life and build teams of WHOs to support you in that vision • Never be limited in your goals and ambitions again • Expand your abundance of wealth, innovation, relationships, and joy • Build a life where everything you do is your choice--how you spend your time, how much money you make, the quality of your relationships, and the type of work you do Making this shift involves retraining your brain to stop limiting your potential based on what you solely can do and instead focus on the nearly infinite and endless connections between yourself and other people as well as the limitless transformation possible through those connections.

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The world's foremost entrepreneurial coach shows you how to make a mindset shift that opens the door to explosive growth and limitless possibility--in your business and your life. Have you ever had a new idea or a goal that excites you... but not enough time to execute it? What about a goal you really want to accomplish...but can't because instead of taking action, you procrastinate? Do you feel like the only way things are going to get done is if you do them? But what if it wasn't that way? What if you had a team of people around you that helped you accomplish your goals (while you helped them accomplish theirs)? When we want something done, we've been trained to ask ourselves: "How can I do this?" Well, there is a better question to ask. One that unlocks a whole new world of ease and accomplishment. Expert coach Dan Sullivan knows the question we should ask instead: "Who can do this for me?" This may seem simple. And it is. But don't let the lack of complexity fool you. By mastering this question, you will quickly learn how billionaires and successful entrepreneurs like Dan build incredible businesses and personal freedom. This book will teach you how to make this essential paradigm-shift so you can:   •  Build a successful business effectively while not killing yourself   •  Immediately free-up 1,000+ hours of work that you shouldn't be doing anyway   •  Bypass the typical scarcity and decline of aging and other societal norms   •  Increase your vision in all areas of life and build teams of WHOs to support you in that vision   •  Never be limited in your goals and ambitions again   •  Expand your abundance of wealth, innovation, relationships, and joy   •  Build a life where everything you do is your choice--how you spend your time, how much money you make, the quality of your relationships, and the type of work you do Making this shift involves retraining your brain to stop limiting your potential based on what you solely can do and instead focus on the nearly infinite and endless connections between yourself and other people as well as the limitless transformation possible through those connections.

Dan Sullivan is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Dan Sullivan has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Dan Sullivan's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

Dan Sullivan

Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an accomplished writer whose work has resonated with readers around the world. Dr. Benjamin Hardy has published several books that explore a range of topics, from fiction to nonfiction, and has received critical acclaim for the ability to weave compelling narratives. Dr. Benjamin Hardy's writing style is known for its depth and authenticity, and has earned quite a loyal following of readers.

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Who Not How

Communication is the fundamental cornerstone for any successful relationship. Whether it be personal, or business.We have countless interactions throughout our day, but often fail to realise the impact it can have to others around us.Specifically in leadership, setting the tone can either exponentially improve your company or tank it completely.

Communication For Leaders

Gratitude is a subtle nuance when it comes to leadership. Too much, and you wont appear as a leader anymore. Too little and your team will consider you a dictator.So what works best?"We could not have done it without your hard effort"With this, you show gratitude to the person for their contribution to the team, and how pivotal their role.Some other key phrase which leaders can use to help their team."How can I help?""What do you need from me?"(so that I can help you perform better)Effective leaders serve the needs of others , and it all starts with care and concern.

Gratitude 

Involving your team in decisions being made is essential for teams being humble and honest. It shows that you value their opinion and know how to ask for help"I could use your advice on which direction to take"Leaders need to extend trust first, instead of earning it which goes against conventional wisdom"I trust you"In situations where you aren't sure about decisions , be comfortable about it to your team"Honestly, I dont know."Your team might give you more ideas out, and chances are they're ones that you've not thought about. And if not, it shows that you're comfortable with the unknown.

Team Building

Communication is an underrated tool. It's easy to notice why a team works well when you see them talk, but when a team doesn't work it's not easy to see why they don't work well , even if they're a stellar team

They may not be what you expect, but using them often will help increase trust.

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Leadership & Management

If You Use These 6 Phrases a Lot, You're a Better Leader Than You Think

How can founders prevent their personal well-being from being swayed by the harsh winds of business that batter their company every day?
In reality, most founders who’ve watched their personal lives spiral after an awful Q3 have lived to tell the tale. And each has their own strategies to manage this situation better in the future.

The Founders: Blurring Of Personal And Professional Lives

How do you maintain your own wellbeing during challenging times for the company?Never skip my morning routine—whatever happens. Stick to your leisurely activities for a few good hours of the morning, whether it is exercise, reading, writing or even sleeping!

Maintaining Your Own Wellbeing

Having your self-worth fully tied to your business is a slippery slope. It's the same as having your self-worth tied to a relationship. If you get destroyed by it not working, you won't be able to continue to the next step—and businesses are a long term thing.
So take care of yourself and make that a priority. Protect your mental space by blocking out time to think.

Don't Tie Your Self-Worth To Your Business

How do you create a healthy distance between yourself and your company?It is about introspecting to really understand where our job stands in our list of priorities. One way is to write down the ten most important things in our lives, and try to put a priority number on them. We will not get it right the first time but will get a sense of what is important to us.

A 10 Point List

The trick is to decide how many hours you’re going to work each day, then to leave the office every day thinking: ‘I did everything humanly possible in the best way that I could.’
Like with most things in mental health, it’s a muscle you have to constantly exercise. So keep reminding yourself when you go home: ‘this is a new chapter of my day, the last one is now closed.’

Self-Discipline

How do you create a space for yourself away from the stress of your company?Mental health is something that you've got to practice every single day—it's like brushing your teeth. Eating well, taking supplements, going to the gym—are all key parts of the routine.You also have to be very intentional about balancing friends, family, and relationships with work.

Creating Space

Find that thing that resonates with you, like “I’m enough. I’m enough. I’m where I’m meant to be—I’m enough.” Whatever it is, find that mantra and use it to anchor yourself any time you feel overwhelmed.

Recite A Mantra

The best thing we can do is find a founder that is one step ahead of us to give us perspective. Opening up to someone that can be impartial, that can understand your struggles, give some perspective, or even just give an ear to the problems you're facing—sometimes that’s 50% of the solution.

Find A Mentor

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Career

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Mindfulness

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Startups

How do founders separate their own wellbeing from their company’s?

Most people think money makes startups successful. Money is necessary but does not make a company more successful. What is needed is to hire great people that can go from ideation to execution. The best way to hire the right people is to pay them well and to help them work on something that's meaningful. Then set them loose.

It's about the people you hire

An entrepreneur is someone who is willing to tolerate a lot of pain to see their vision become a reality. It is rewarding when it works, but can also be very difficult in unfamiliar and uncertain times. It is then that you have to do your best work and hope it works out. That is what makes the greatest founders stand out - their willingness to keep on going through anything.

Entrepreneurs are willing to endure

Money isn’t everything: Why a meaningful mission is key for startup success, with Austen Allred Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►► The entrepreneur's guide to success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMM3zxVoGZc Money is important for startups and in venture capital, but having a lot of it doesn't make a company successful. What is actually in short supply is great people, those who can execute on ideas. To find and retain the best people requires not only paying them well, but ensuring that they are working on something that is impactful or meaningful to them. Read the video transcript: https://bigthink.com/videos/entrepreneur-success ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Austen Allred: Austen Allred is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lambda School. A native of Springville, Utah, Austen’s start-up journey began in 2017 with him living in his two-door Civic while participating in Y Combinator, a San Francisco-based seed accelerator. This experience became the foundation of Lambda School’s rapid growth.Before founding Lambda School, Austen was the co-founder of media platform GrassWire. He co-authored the growth hacking textbook Secret Sauce, which became a best-seller and provided him the personal seed money to build Lambda. Austen’s disruptive ideas on the future of education, the labor market disconnect, and the opportunity of providing opportunity at-scale have been featured in: The Harvard Business Review, The Economist, WIRED, Fast Company, TechCrunch, The New York Times, among others. Austen is fluent in Russian and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two kids. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more of our stories on entrepreneur success: Unfiltered lessons of a female entrepreneur ►► https://bigthink.com/smart-skills/digital-goddess-female-entrepreneur/ ​’Zuckerbergism’: Why the young founder myth is a trap for entrepreneurs ►► https://bigthink.com/the-present/young-entrepreneurs/ Anthony Scaramucci: How entrepreneurs can manage fear in times of crisis ►► https://bigthink.com/leadership/entrepreneurs-in-crisis/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About Big Think | Smarter Faster™ ► Big Think The leading source of expert-driven, educational content. With thousands of videos, featuring experts ranging from Bill Clinton to Bill Nye, Big Think helps you get smarter, faster by exploring the big ideas and core skills that define knowledge in the 21st century. ► Big Think+ Make your business smarter, faster: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Want more Big Think? ► Daily editorial features: https://bigthink.com/popular/ ► Get the best of Big Think right to your inbox: https://bigthink.com/st/newsletter ► Facebook: https://bigth.ink/facebook ► Instagram: https://bigth.ink/Instagram ► Twitter: https://bigth.ink/twitter

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Money isn’t everything: Why a  meaningful mission is key for startup success, with Austen Allred
Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink
Up next ►► The entrepreneur's guide to success https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMM3zxVoGZc 

Money is important for startups and in venture capital, but having a lot of it doesn't make a company successful.

What is actually in short supply is great people, those who can execute on ideas.

To find and retain the best people requires not only paying them well, but ensuring that they are working on something that is impactful or meaningful to them.

Read the video transcript: https://bigthink.com/videos/entrepreneur-success  

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About Austen Allred: 
Austen Allred is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lambda School. A native of Springville, Utah, Austen’s start-up journey began in 2017 with him living in his two-door Civic while participating in Y Combinator, a San Francisco-based seed accelerator. This experience became the foundation of Lambda School’s rapid growth.Before founding Lambda School, Austen was the co-founder of media platform GrassWire. He co-authored the growth hacking textbook Secret Sauce, which became a best-seller and provided him the personal seed money to build Lambda. Austen’s disruptive ideas on the future of education, the labor market disconnect, and the opportunity of providing opportunity at-scale have been featured in: The Harvard Business Review, The Economist, WIRED, Fast Company, TechCrunch, The New York Times, among others. Austen is fluent in Russian and currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two kids.

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Unfiltered lessons of a female entrepreneur
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​’Zuckerbergism’: Why the young founder myth is a trap for entrepreneurs
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Anthony Scaramucci: How entrepreneurs can manage fear in times of crisis
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How I Used The Pandemic To Finally Put an End To My Procrastination (And How You Can Do The Same in 2022) - Virtue Map

… growing leaders was too refunded and calm for me, but growing entrepreneurs was too wild and chaotic for me. So I decided we needed to grow a combination of the two … and thus the EntreLeader was born.”

"EntreLeadership is defined as the process of leading to cause a venture to grow and prosper."

An entrepreneur focuses on starting a business, while leaders tend to be focused on keeping a business going.  The entreleader is a combination of entrepreneurs and leaders. They lead a start-up company to grow into a thriving business.

The EntreLeader

Your dream is the start of your business’s success. But you also need to ensure that you’ve set a clear plan for achieving it. <ul><li>For dreams to become a reality, we need to divide the vision into clear goals on what to achieve. Using Management by Objectives, or MBO can help to keep your team on the right path.</li><li>Decide on the type of goals with each team member, then create a clear deadline for the goal.</li><li>Accountability is essential.</li></ul>

Create a clear plan for realising your dream business

Without a clear plan for what you want to accomplish, you will not achieve your goal. A simple to-do list can keep you on the right path. When you look back to the tasks completed, you will see that you’ve done a list of meaningful tasks.

Prioritise to-do lists

An essential part of your business is a good marketing strategy. However, forming a strong marketing strategy is a learning process. You might not succeed initially, but you can learn from your failures and adapt your strategy accordingly. By doing that, you will keep getting better.

A great marketing strategy

A good sales team will convince your customers to buy your product. Sales are not about tricking people into buying your product. It is about giving people a positive experience by showing them that you care about their needs and providing appropriate information about how you can fulfil those needs. If you can earn their trust, it is more likely that they will become a customer.

The sales team

Debt weakens your company and puts it at risk of failure. Unfortunately, the majority of small companies fail because of cash flow problems. Create an emergency fund to avoid the temptation of going into debt. Save extra cash to cover your business or yourself in times of unexpected difficulties.

Try to avoid debt. Ensure you have an emergency fund.

Every EntreLeader recognises the importance of earning the respect of employees. If you treat your employees with respect, they’ll repay you with loyalty and productivity. <ul><li>Reward your staff accordingly for their work. Rewarding your team fairly will make them feel appreciated and motivated.</li><li>Staff incentives like commissions or profit-sharing will make them even more motivated.</li></ul>

Compensate your employees fairly

How to build and grow a successful business.

Offers advice on growing a business, including setting and attaining goals, time management, and operating debt free.

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Total Money Makeover and radio and podcast host Dave Ramsey comes an informative guide based on how he grew a successful, multimillion dollar company from a card table in his living room. Your company is only as strong as your leaders. These are the men and women doing battle daily beneath the banner that is your brand. Are they courageous or indecisive? Are they serving a motivated team or managing employees? Are they valued? Your team will never grow beyond you, so here’s another question to consider—are you growing? Whether you’re sitting at the CEO’s desk, the middle manager’s cubicle, or a card table in your living-room-based start-up, EntreLeadership provides the practical, step-by-step guidance to grow your business where you want it to go. Dave Ramsey opens up his championship playbook for business to show you how to: -Inspire your team to take ownership and love what they do -Unify your team and get rid of all gossip -Handle money to set your business up for success -Reach every goal you set -And much, much more! EntreLeadership is a one-stop guide filled with accessible advice for businesses and leaders to ensure success even through the toughest of times.

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Questions That Help You Understand Yourself and Your True  Potential

Question Yourself

When you don’t take the time to understand yourself and who you are, your sense of individuality weakens. You become easily influenced and pushed into a lifestyle that doesn’t represent who you are. The good news is you can gradually transition into the life you want by periodically “checking in” with yourself – the better you understand yourself, the easier it will be to steer your life in the right direction.

Make sure you’re really an extrovert and not an introvert in an extrovert’s clothing.

1. Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

Highlight your key personality traits and stay true to who you are.

2. What are the top five words that describe your personality?

Are you comfortable or uncomfortable in a disorganized environment?Define the ideal work/home environments you’re known to thrive in.

3. Are you comfortable or uncomfortable

Decide how you feel about uncertainty and how you’ll use it to create your ideal lifestyle.

4. Are you comfortable with taking risks?

When you know what your most productive work environment consists of, it will help you find (or create) a job that best suits your preferences.

5. Do you work better alone or in a busy environment?

Define what your strengths are and how you’re going to use them to your advantage.

6. What are your strengths?

Acknowledge what you struggle with and how you want to improve.

7. What are your weaknesses?

Know your quirks and charm your ass off with them.

8. What sets you apart from everyone else? 

Define what your ideal competition/collaboration formula is for optimal productivity.

9. Are you motivated by competition?

Disregard what’s trending and define the types of movies/shows/books you’ll always enjoy. It speaks volumes of your personality.

10. What are your favorite movies/shows/books?

Questions That Help You Understand Yourself and Your True Potential

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Problem Solving

Questions That Help You Understand Yourself and Your True Potential

Time is one of the only commodities we cannot make more of. We often say, “I don’t have time for that today.” But the reality is, “I choose not to give time to that item.” We have to reframe our thinking. How we spend our time is an investment, it is up to us to decide where we put our money. Instead of bemoaning that there are never enough hours in the day, look inward at how you are using the hours you do have. It is self-management, not time-management, that truly maximizes our time

Time management is a myth.

Doing more of everything is not the answer. It is about doing more of the right things. Look at your calendar and surgically dissect the difference between what you could do and the three to four things you must do—the three to four activities that put you on the path to where you want to go. Saying yes to a few great things means saying no to a lot of good things.We are all bound by the same 24 hours in the day. In order to make the most of them, the goal is not to fill every waking moment with work, but rather to be more purposeful and intentional with the time we do spend.

Do more of the right things.

Most of us underestimate what we can do in a year but overestimate what we can do in an hour. We want to be able to say “I can get it done tomorrow”—but we have to be realistic about what is possible.If we constantly give ourselves impossible deadlines, we will feel perpetually behind and frustrated.Give yourself a long enough runway to gain the speed required to take off. As a result, you will be more reliable and less stressed in your life because you are not stuck in a never-ending game of catch-up — you have allocated the proper amount of time for each item and can complete each task.

Set up a winnable game.

We cannot manage time; we can only manage ourselves. 

If you’re tired of doing more every day but never feeling like you did enough, I have some solutions. But we first have to take responsibility. We cannot manage time; we can only manage ourselves. 

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Habits

What Would You Do with an Extra Hour in Your Day?

When your dreams are vague, it's easy to rationalize little exceptions all day long and never get around to the specific things you need to do to succeed

Let's star with this simple question. A habit is a routine or practice performed regularly; an automatic response to a specific situation.

What is a habit?

Remember that habits can be actions that, when done, seem insignificant but in the long run make a big change. Many people always underestimate the power of small, consistent improvements. This is all based on the compound effect; Small and smart actions + consistency + time = radical difference.Let's break it down: If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you'll end up thirty-seven times better by time you're done

Small changes? No thanks

One of the main reasons why it is so difficult to create habits is because of people's patience; people make small changes, don't see results soon and stop doing it.Remember that mastery requires patience and constant work. Everything can be achieved in the long run, sometimes you just have to be a little more patient.

Why is it so difficult to create habits?

The score takes care of itself

Goals are about results you want to achieve. Systems are about the processes that lead to those results. A handful of problems arise when you spend too much time thinking about your goals and not enough time designing your systems.We must create systems that allow us to achieve our goals; you want to be a writer? design a system that makes you read different types of writing, write a page a day, research an hour a day on the topic you want to write about.Remember that everything is in the process, enjoy the progress, live the process.﻿

Implement systems, not goals

Many people tend to implement actions in order to achieve a particular goal; I will train soccer every day to win the game. And it is not wrong to want to achieve something, but the key to implement habits is the other side of the coin, we have to focus on who we want to become; I am going to train soccer every day to become a professional soccer player.<ul><li>The goal is not to dance a song, the goal is to become a dancer.</li></ul>It is one thing to say "I am the type of person who wants this", it is quite another to say "I am the type of person who is this".

The wrong approach

Habits are, simply, reliable solutions to recurring problems in our environment

Remember that everything is in the process, enjoy the progress, live the process.

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 3 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: • make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy); • overcome a lack of motivation and willpower; • design your environment to make success easier; • get back on track when you fall off course; ...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 10 million copies sold! Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights. Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field. Learn how to: <ul><li>make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);</li></ul><ul><li>overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;</li></ul><ul><li>design your environment to make success easier;</li></ul><ul><li>get back on track when you fall off course;</li></ul>...and much more. Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.

James Clear is the author of "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones" He writes about habits, decision-making, and continuous improvement at jamesclear.com. His website receives millions of visitors each month and hundreds of thousands subscribe to his popular email newsletter.His work has appeared in the New York Times, Entrepreneur, Time, and on CBS This Morning. He is a regular speaker at Fortune 500 companies and his work is used by teams in the NFL, NBA, and MLB. Learn more at jamesclear.com

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Atomic Habits

The <a href="https://www.gemconsortium.org/report/gem-2018-2019-global-report">Global Entrepreneurship Monitor</a> found that adults across the world viewed entrepreneurship as a good career choice and an indicator of high social status. The coronavirus pandemic has since <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/pandemic-business-boom/619674/">strengthened those beliefs</a>. Some even forecast <a href="https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/376356">the post-pandemic world</a> to be a golden age for would-be entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurs: People To Idolize

While many desire to become entrepreneurs, many shouldn’t. They may have innovative ideas but lack a passion for the business side. They may have strategic insight but can’t responsibly take the leap of financial faith every business owner must.Fortunately, it’s not an all-or-nothing proposition. There is a middle path that can lead to a rewarding career. That of the intrapreneur.

Not Everyone Has It All

The word intrapreneur was coined in the late 70s to describe employees who act like an entrepreneur within an established organization. Intrapreneurs develop original solutions, processes, or products. They can then sell their ideas to the higher-ups, use those innovations to motivate change, and even transform entire industries.The entrepreneurial spirit is the same, yet their position within an organization offsets the risks of starting a new business.

The Intrapreneur

To succeed, entrepreneurs must face competition, market upheavals, and the maintenance of their personal branding. It’s little wonder then that the failure rate of start-ups is so high—beginning at 20 percent in the first year and slowly creeping up every year after until peaking at a staggering 90 percent.For many innovative-minded people, becoming an intrapreneur may not only be a responsible career path, one that still offers a sense of control, satisfaction, and ambition attainment. It may be the superior option.

Entrepreneurship Is Not A Cake Walk

The intrapreneurial path is only accessible if organizations are willing to cultivate it. By now, the financial advantages should be obvious. By funding an intrapreneur’s product, policy, or application, the organization shares in any potential profit, and because the intrapreneur is already an employee, the expense of <a href="https://bigthink.com/the-present/10-best-books-for-entrepreneurs-and-inventors/">innovation</a> is likely far less than if the company had to seek it elsewhere.

The Resident Idea Person

Today’s employees seek prosocial, meaningful, and innovative careers with a sense of autonomy. It’s simply the popular perception that entrepreneurialism is the only place where such work can be reliably found. If organizations want to tap into this wellspring of talent, they need to provide opportunities for their people to build their capabilities within a culture of immersive learning. They need to pave the way for intrapreneurs.

The Bottom Line

Many innovative people can't take on the risks of starting a new business. But there is a middle path: that of the intrapreneur.

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