-
Skills2.0 Blog
-
About
|
||||
|
||||||
|
|||||
![]() |
|
Most people in business still believe that success comes from learning best practices, rules, laws, techniques, habits, methods and scripts.
When you focus on answers — such as best practices, rules, laws, techniques, habits, methods and scripts — you do what everyone else is also doing. And you get lost in a sea of sameness.
Those who become extraordinary understand that most answers and recipes are incomplete, incorrect, or inconsequential. They also understand that an overabundance of answers makes it difficult to identify what matters most and what's really going on.
The ordinary focus on answers (rules, laws, methods, best practices).
Ordinary people do extraordinary things when they get skilled at asking the right questions upfront. This enables them to prevent mistakes and problems.
If you're struggling with any aspect of your job, the most likely reason is that you learned it in bits and pieces — you didn't master all the inter-related skills you need to truly succeed.
You can read less — a whole lot less! — and understand more — a whole lot more! — simply by shifting your focus from seeking answers to … mastering questions.
A few quick examples —
Most people have many plates spinning … but not much in the way of actual accomplishments.
When you rely on answers from others, you become mentally lazy — without being aware of it.
