Exponential growth isn't for the faint of heart.
Forget small steps. This is about blowing past "impossible" and reaching for the outrageous.
A 10X Growth Mindset demands:
- Gut-checking Your Limits: What's holding you back? Those are just stories. Rewrite them.
- Discomfort is Your Compass: If it feels safe, you're not aiming high enough.
- Calculated Leaps: Risk isn't reckless. It's informed audacity.
- Failing Fast, Failing Forward: Setbacks? No. Those are Research & Development data points on the path to success.
- Innovation as an Obsession: Break the rules, reinvent the game, leave the competition in the dust.
Building Your 10X Brain Trust
- Dissect the Winners: Not to copy them, but to see how they think differently. Then out-think them.
- Assumptions are the Enemy: The moment you think "we've always done it this way," is the moment you start falling behind.
- Your 10X Vision is Your North Star: Picture it, in vivid detail. Now make it happen.
- Start Before You Feel Ready: Action builds courage. Overthinking builds roadblocks.
- Fear = Opportunity: That adrenaline jolt? It's your body telling you BIG growth is close.
- Find Your Tribe: Surround yourself with people who believe in unreasonable ambition.
- Attract Exceptional Talent and Keep them: You can’t 10X alone. No one can. Get the best talent and treasure them. Ego, impulsiveness, vengeance and reactive mindset and attitude will push people away. Don’t do that.
- Be Generous: Pamper and treat your people well. Don’t be Cheap:
- Minimum Viable Everything: Get your ideas out there. Imperfect is better than nonexistent.
- Data is Your Guide: Track ruthlessly. Tweak relentlessly. Perfection comes from iteration.
- Toast the Small Victories: Momentum is built on celebrating progress, not just the finish line.
Digging for Exponential Solutions
- "Why?" is Your Weapon: Peel back the layers until you reach the heart of the problem.
That's where disruption lives.
- Tech is Your Lever: Use it to scale, to connect, to smash the old limits.
- Partnerships Breed Breakthroughs: Silos and selfishness kill innovation. Seek collaborators who are as hungry as you are. Reward people and give credit where it is due.
Resilience is Non-Negotiable
- Mindset is Muscle: Train your brain to see challenges as fuel, not obstacles.
- Your Story Matters: Are you a victim of circumstance or the hero of your own journey?
- Self-Care isn't Selfish: You can't run on empty. Sleep, fuel your body, protect your mental space.
The Disclaimer You Gotta Ignore
This isn't easy. Building a 10X mentality takes daily, deliberate work. Are you willing?
Michael - Think and act different!
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