eroded values and deteriorated faith in ourselves
along with the inherent
primal power we hold. How often do you meet someone at a store or in a
restaurant who is fully present, astoundingly polite, unusually knowledgeable,
full of enthusiasm, incredibly hardworking, intensely imaginative, noticeably
inventive and gaspworthily great at what they do? Almost never, right?”
“Yes,” acknowledged the entrepreneur. “I’d have to interview thousands
of people to find one treasure like this.”
“So, you cats have a GCA! Lucky you,” shouted the billionaire. “You can
pretty much dominate your fields because so few are like this now. Raise your
commitment. Step up your standards. And then get busy on hardwiring in this
way of being as your default. And that’s really important: you have to
optimize
daily
. Consistency really is the DNA of mastery.
And small, daily,
seemingly insignificant improvements when done consistently over time yield
staggering results. Please remember that great companies and wonderful lives
don’t happen by sudden revolution. Nope. They materialize via incremental
evolution. Tiny, daily wins and iterations stack into outcomes of excellence,
over the long-term. But few of us have the patience these days to endure the
long game. As a result, not many of us ever become legends.”
“All this information is fantastic. And so valuable for my art,”
the artist
said gratefully as he put his shirt back on.
“Wonderful to hear,” acknowledged the billionaire. “Look, I know that
you both have experienced a ton of learning in a very short time. I understand
that getting up early is a new skill you’re installing and everything you’ve
heard about chasing greatness, leaving the crowd,
relinquishing average and
renouncing ordinary is probably overwhelming. So just breathe—and relax,
please. Exceptionalism is a journey. Virtuosity is a voyage. Rome wasn’t built
in a day, right?”
“Right,” agreed the artist.
“Definitely,” accepted the entrepreneur.
“And I also get that rising into the more pure reaches of your superior
strengths and most sovereign human gifts is an uncomfortable and scary
process. I’ve been through it and the rewards that are on their way to you as
you remain dedicated to learning The 5
AM
Method are worth more than any
amount of money, fame and worldly power you’ll ever have. And what I’ve
taught you today is a necessary component to the system for waking before
daybreak and preparing yourself to be an elite achiever and luminous human
being that we’ll go much deeper into in our upcoming sessions together. I
guess what I really want to say before I let you cats go for this morning, so
you can go have some fun, is that while growth as a producer and as a person
can be hard—it truly is the finest work a human being can ever do. And fully
remember that you are most alive when your heart beats quickest. And we are
most awake when our fears scream loudest.”
“So, we need to keep going ahead, right?” confirmed the entrepreneur as a
lovely ocean breeze washed through her brown hair.
“Absolutely,” said the tycoon. “All shadows of insecurity dissolve in the
warm glow of persistency.
“Okay. One last example about assuming
a rigorous approach in your
professional and home life and gaining a GCA by going all granular on
important projects, around essential skills and during meaningful activities.
After that, I’d love for you two to go swimming, snorkeling and sunbathing.
You should see the spectacular lunch my team has prepared for you! I need to
head into Port Louis for a meeting, but I really
hope you both will make
yourselves at home. So . . .”
Mr. Riley stopped for a moment, reached down and touched his toes four
times while muttering the following mantra: “Today is a glorious day and I’ll
live it at excellence, with boundless enthusiasm and limitless integrity, true to
my visions and with a heart full of love.”
“I remember reading an article,” the billionaire continued, “where the
CEO of Moncler,
the Italian fashion company, was asked what his favorite
food was. He replied it was spaghetti pomodoro. Then he shared that while
this dish seems strikingly simple to prepare as it’s only pasta, fresh tomatoes,
olive oil and basil, the executive remarked that to get the ‘calibration’ correct
takes unusual expertise and uncommon prowess. That’s an important word for
all three of us to keep top of mind as we tighten up our A-games, elevate our
performance and accelerate our contribution to the world:
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