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A few weeks ago I heard the second interview with the so called, chess prodigy, Josh Waitzkin, at the Tim Ferriss Show, at which Josh mentioned something that has stick to me from that day. He said that top performers are usually people who “embrace the funk”, their type of personality and want to display their true selves from the performance that they do.
Then Tim made a complimentary explanation mentioning the quote: “How you do something is how you do everything”.
According to Tim and Josh, successful people that we all know about at specific fields are not great at doing only one thing really well. They embrace their core values and implement them in their day to day lives, and also in their professional lives as well. This way they do not simply do something really awesome once in a while. They are consistently engaged in producing results that they would normally do in a lot more important things as well.
I know that this idea may sound like a cliché, as we have probably heard it before, but when you hear it being said from such type of performers such as Josh and Tim, it makes you take a serious consideration about it. In other words, we are what we do. If we do something really well, chances are it is likely that we are going to do something else really well afterwards.
- If we put a lot of attention and care while preparing a cup of coffee, it is highly likely that we will be more present while we work.
- If we are present and do our reps well when doing a workout, chances are that we will be more dedicated to perfecting our work.
- If we are calm and patient when somebody speaks, chances are that we will be more patient when we face a problem while working.
I know that you might think that it can take a long time and you simply are engaged in too many things that do not leave you the time for special care, and deep thoughts at everything that you do. I have mentioned in a blog post in the past that it is better to do only a few things and become really good at them. This way you have time for other important things that you may not have time right now. If you are doing small things really well, you already building your skills and laying a foundation for larger things to come.
