You already know enough

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Brian Kight

It's not the principles we don't know that damage us. It's the principles we know but don't follow. Ignorance is not our fatal flaw. Awareness coupled with weak action is our fatal flaw.

Below, I'm going to share a simple 3-step checklist to help protect against this flaw and push you to turn principles into practical action.
You already have enough education, experience, and understanding to be twice as productive, twice as fulfilled. If you followed the principles you know but don't actually do, you could 5x-10x key areas of your life that are bothering you.

You don't get 5x-10x benefit by knowing principles. You get it by living them. Not by remembering them. Not by believing in them or discussing how they play out in other people's lives.

To benefit from a principle, you have to do more than believe in it. You have to actually do it.

For example:

  • Focus on one thing at a time.
  • Start before you feel ready.
  • Do the hardest task first.
  • Say no to distractions.
  • Have the difficult conversation immediately.

You've heard obvious principles like these many times before. Every adult has. Most kids have. But it doesn't matter. No one cares if you've heard them. Awareness of a principle is not discipline with a principle.

Hearing a principle doesn't put it to work. Living it does. It's you who must bring the principle to life through your action.

So, when you hear a principle, practice using this checklist.

Principle to Practical Checklist:

  1. Does this principle apply to me?
  2. How aligned are my thoughts and decisions with this principle?
  3. How strong is my discipline in living this principle?

Event + Response = Outcome. Do the work.

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