Ralph Carlson Blog

Boy, doestn’t that make your mind wake up and quiver.  Usually we are asked what lesson changed your life and opened you up to success.  The idea that we may have learned something that handicaped us and sentenced us to a life a servitude and misery just never pops up in our consiousness.

Well Seth Godin thinks differently from most of us and he asked the question in The Dip. This is his answer.

“Just about everything you leanred in school about life is wrong, but the wrongest thing might very well be this:  Being well rounded is the seccret to success.”

Look around at successful people today.  They aren’t the ones that are pretty good at everything. Those are the guys in the cul de sac, the dead end jobs with the companies going nowhere.   The successful people are the ones that are exceptional at the one thing that is important.

As I ponder Seth’s statement, it raises an important question for me. I am getting a focus on my mission and my business.  I am beyond beginner and not yet close to success.  There is a lot to do and more to learn.   I could be in the cul de sac or the dip.  Trying to be and do everything will guarantee that I flounder.  Becoming exceptional at something that matters will get me out of the dip.  What do I care enough about to become exceptional at?  And when do I start  getting a VA to do everything else.