One of the things I always hated hearing was their is no shortcut to success. I think the advice generally comes from the fact that success is not overnight, but there is ways to significantly decrease your time to being successful. First you must define success, but then you must engaged in the correct course of action. If I was more intentional from the start I do believe it would not of taken me 6 years. In my Jiu jitsu practice (as of writing, I am a jiu jitsu blue belt) I have seen people reach great skill in a significantly short amount of time – but it required an intentional approach. In my sales journey and personal development – there were many lessons I didn’t have to learn the hard way. I think you eventually find your way, but if you can do it faster with the right approach and the RIGHT information, why wouldn’t you? So how do you accomplish that?
There are 2 key factors in your development, in the least amount of time.
- Arena – the vehicle to your end result. You can focus on high opportunity vehicles, or low rewarding ones. In the latter you can be the top 10% and not even scrape the basement of an average earner in a high earning opportunity. Choosing the right opportunity is the difference between the trajectory.
- Immersion. I learned this when I studied abroad in university in my Spanish courses. I was fluent in Spanish but I would see students who never spoke or understood more than few words in Spanish in the prior semester to going to a foreign language country come back being proficient in Spanish. When you’re forced to do every waking tasks in a different country, you will learn very fast. Way faster than reading books or listening to a professor talk. In sales, I advocate you look for a full-sales cycle role. Add the books, study the craft, and you will soon be one of the greats in your arena. Focus. Don’t get distracted.
JORDY VELAZQUEZ 